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Arms is the solo venture of multi-instrumentalist Todd Goldstein. Between his work with the Brooklyn-based indie-rock quintet Harlem Shakes and the lo-fi flight-obsessed folk duo The Sea & The Gulls, Goldstein found time to put together a record all his own. Kids Aflame is his first full-length record as Arms.

The Bright Eyes singer made Conor Oberst on an impulse while visiting the mystical mountain town of Tepoztlan in Mexico earlier this year. The approach is straight folk-rock, but it's less simple than it seems at first. But it also sounds like the next installment in the Bright Eyes catalog.

To pay tribute to the unforgettable voice of Isaac Hayes, World Cafe offers an archival interview with the soul singer. Hayes talks about the opening of the Stax Museum, the early days of Stax Records and his legendary musical contributions to Shaft.

The Welsh band Los Campesinos! blasted through four songs in record time during this studio session from KEXP. Throughout the performance, the group played its acerbic but infectious pop with the unabashed joy of a bunch of schoolkids on the last day before summer.

The sounds of Azeda Booth are full and lush, exploratory and eclectic, and perfect for listening on headphones. In Flesh Tones, the Canadian band's first full-length album, is a beautiful foray into dreamy, hypnotic electro-rock, full of vast atmospheric soundscapes and introverted laptop music.

In a program from 1987, Hancock solos on "Dolphin Dance" and then improvises with Marian McPartland.

Best known for her work on the Lord of the Rings soundtrack, Torrini returns with a comparatively bare-bones record with trip-hop flourishes. She performs material from Me and Armini in a session from WXPN.

In the grand scheme of Tyner's discography (one of postwar jazz's most consistently invigorating), the duets collection Guitars feels like more of a curious one-off than a significant late-career addendum. In his new reinvention of "Greensleeves," the jazz-piano legend collaborates with blues guitarist Derek Trucks.

Feufollet is one of several young Cajun bands trying to preserve tradition, add its own sounds and reach a new generation. The group has been doing that for a decade, even though most of its members are still in college.

Former Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn took a break from his newest band, The Baseball Project, to record Crossing Dragon Bridge. Seeking inspiration, he traveled far from his New York City apartment to Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he crafted an album that sounds unlike anything he's done before.