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With 16+ years and nine studio albums behind it, the British rock band The Charlatans U.K. combines Stones-y swagger with dance and electronica. The band's new album is surprisingly mature, with a heightened emphasis on group interaction.

The bassist and songwriter is among the most unusual and eclectic musicians to emerge from the '90s alternative-rock scene. His best-known band, Primus, is known for its funky, oddball songs — an approach he's carried with him through countless side projects.

On a self-titled CD, Edgar Meyer plays all the instruments, overdubbing parts in his home studio. During a visit to Studio 4A, he offered a sampler on bass, banjo and gamba. And a sample the final result: "Please Don't Feed the Bear," from the CD Edgar Meyer.

Gogol Bordello mixes punk, ska and jazz with the traditional music of the Roma people. Band members bring their Eastern European roots and instruments to NPR's Studio 4A for a performance chat.

Bluegrass legend Del McCoury, a devout Baptist and internationally known musician, is getting around to something that he's always wanted to do in his five-decade career — he's releasing his band's first gospel album.

Keane's new Under the Iron Sea opens with a song called "Atlantic," a promising burst that all but announces, "We are now wriggling out of the imposing shadow of Coldplay."

Debra McCoskey-Reisert remembers her brother, Bobby McCoskey, who died from COVID. Bobby loved the song "Closing Time" by Semisonic, because they played it at dances he attended.

A decades-old British institution is on its way out. The BBC says it will retire the show Top of the Pops. The program lost its allure as THE place for rock bands to be seen.

Composer Edgar Meyer's self-titled CD takes advantage of his many talents. Jacki Lyden visits Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, where Meyer also finds time to teach, for a conversation with a musical master.

Toubab Krewe's sound combines traditional West African rhythms and instruments with classic Southern rock, hip-hop, reggae, country and Latin sounds for a unique listening experience.