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Critic Tom Moon reviews the new CD from the rock band P.J. Harvey, called Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. The band is led by British singer/songwriter Polly Jean Harvey, who has earned a certain reputation for intensity. Her songs move from feverish punk distortion to rich acoustic blues, always with a heavy gloomy atmosphere. There is a sense of lives unraveling and promises shattered for her songs' characters. (4:45) Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, is out today from Island Records, catalog # Islf 15162-2. See http://www.pjharvey.net or http://www.islandrecords.com for more information.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Ilhan Omar introduced the bill calling for Prince to posthumously receive the award. The Congressional Gold Medal has been awarded to only 163 people since 1776.

Scott speaks with former host of NPR's Performance Today, Martin Goldsmith, about the life and times of Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein died ten years ago today, and the New York Philharmonic has released a 10-CD set commemorating the conductor/composer.

In today's installment from the Lost & Found Sound series we hear the music of the Grateful Dead re-invented in the studio by the a cappella soul singers, The Persuasions. Their new CD, Might as Well... The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead, has just been released. (12:30)Might As Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead is distributed by BMG and Arista. Find out more at: http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/001020.stories.html

Singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell recalls his childhood memory of hearing the song I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash in the backseat of a car. Crowell's story is called I Walk the Line-Revisted, and is set to be published in a collection next year.

Ravaged diva, Marianne Faithful, who's made her name in recent years interpreting the songs of Brecht and Weil in her trademark rasp has released her first rock record in more than five years. Vagabond Ways tells tales of desperation and debauchery. Karen Michel files this profile. (7:46) Vagabond Ways is on the Instinct label. ASIN: B00004SBMI

NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports that Eva Cassidy a Washington, D.C., singer who died two years ago, has since become something of a star in Britain and a cult favorite in the United States.

Astroworld Festival calls to mind other rare but traumatic incidents at concerts and festivals throughout the last half-century. Here's a timeline of those tragedies.

The artist, born Terence Wilson, sang about issues of racism and poverty in the music of the pioneering reggae band.

Director Robert Yapkowitz and singer-songwriter Margo Price join Bob Boilen in a live conversation about this new documentary on the folk singer.