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Tipper Gore, who launched a successful campaign for warning labels on explicit music lyrics, says parents are still the best line of defense against indecent material aimed at children. She talks with NPR's Robert Siegel.

The members of The Posies were barely out of their teens when they got a record deal with a major label. Their power pop stormed commercial radio 15 years ago, but it's been a while since one of their songs hit the charts. The band keeps playing, though, and its members still make money from music.

Robert Christgau reviews the latest CD from vocalist Maria Muldaur, best known for her quirky 1970s pop tune "Midnight at the Oasis." Her new CD is Heart of Mine: Maria Muldaur Sings Love Songs of Bob Dylan. Reviewer Robert Christgau says Muldaur put the passion in these tunes in a way most singers don't match because they probably didn't know Dylan put all that passion there in the first place.

Gilmore travels back to the 1930s for inspiration on his forthcoming album. The Texas singer talks about his songs and his upcoming performance at the 2011 South by Southwest music festival in Austin.

Gilmore travels back to the 1930s for inspiration on his forthcoming album, Heirloom Music. The Texas singer talks about his songs and his performance at the 2011 South by Southwest music festival.

Denzel Curry released his fifth studio album, Melt My Eyez See Your Future, on March 25. Ambitious to a fault, he delivers introspective meditations over eclectic, but warm, productions.

American orchestras are starting to see digital download sites such as iTunes as a new way to get their music out. New York Philharmonic and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra have begun marketing their music to digital downloaders, hoping that classical music will sell online.

Motown's success has made its musical catalog one of the most recognizable in American history. Oliver Wang says it takes some guts to tackle these iconic tunes, but the producers have pulled it off.

In much of the world, house music has already had its day — but in South Africa, it is pop music. Here's why this musical genre has remained king.

Composer Phil Kline saw lyrics in the engravings made on cigarette lighters owned by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam. Veteran William Crapser saw memories of a hell on earth. Jeff Lunden reports.