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Kathleen Edwards and bandmate Jim Bryson play songs from her latest album, Asking for Flowers, which critics are already calling her best yet. Edwards performed this set at the NON-COMMvention in Philadelphia on May 31.

Performing with Brian Blade, one of jazz's most accomplished and remarkable drummers, Daniel Lanois brought plenty of gravitas to KUT's small vintage studio. His gentle relationship with the pedal-steel guitar astounded a small group that gathered to watch his interview and performance.

Two artists in prime musical condition, in terms of both careers and chops, play outdoors and back to back at the J&R Music Festival in New York. This program is dedicated to Lovano's longtime friend and bandmate, Dennis Irwin, who died earlier this year.

Pianist Bill Evans was a giant of jazz piano and one of Marian McPartland's first guests on Piano Jazz in 1979. On this program, the usually quiet and reserved musical genius opens up about his approach and philosophy.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Evil Urges, the new album by the Kentucky indie-rock band My Morning Jacket. The band moves away from their Southern influences, instead using Manhattan as their muse for the album.

Date aside, the day that Aimee Mann endures on "Thirty One Today" should have no particular weight to it. Compared to crossing over into a new decade, or even hitting a halfway point like 35, turning 31 isn't much of a milestone. And that's how it plays out.

Welsh singer Duffy sings with a roughness and soul that's well suited to her style of Motown-influenced pop. She joins host World Cafe host David Dye with songs from her debut album, Rockferry.

Kathleen Edwards is a 29-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter with a taste for rock 'n' roll, folk and especially country music. Given her country of origin, it's no surprise that her songs find metaphors in hockey skates and border crossings instead of red dirt farms or the Blue Ridge Mountains. On Asking for Flowers, she steps up her game even further.

With her debut album, Exile In Guyville, Liz Phair created an instant classic. The record's frank talk about sex made it essential listening for a generation of women. Now, on its 15th anniversary, Phair looks back at Guyville and the young woman who created it.

In 1907, shortly after publishing his book of love poetry titled Chamber Music, James Joyce penned a letter to his brother Stanislaus: "Some of the verses are pretty enough to be put to music. I hope someone will do so, someone that knows old English music such as I like." A century later, 36 electronic, folk and rock musicians have done just that.