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With a layered pop sound that sometimes recalls Death Cab for Cutie and Snow Patrol, the band has been around for a few years under various names and members. Republic Tigers' Keep Color mixes synthesizers and acoustic instrumentation, resulting in a sound that's altogether organic.

After 10 years of being heralded as the "next big thing," the singer-songwriter has finally cracked the Billboard charts. As the son of a Pentecostal preacher, Thorn has no trouble infusing his latest CD with elements of gospel music.

Jorge Drexler shares music from his native Uruguay that influenced his own music.

This week, we have a thoughtful discussion of the genre's sometimes controversial depiction of women.

After a two-year hiatus, Islands has returned with its sophomore album, Arm's Way. Islands' talent for inventively combining menacing lyrics with vivacious rock 'n' roll is featured in this studio session from WXPN's World Cafe with host David Dye.

The music of Mt. Wilson repeater sounds like it's about to swerve off a cliff. The songs lurch drunkenly into the night with rambling, off-kilter rhythms, glitchy digital textures and the occasional, dizzying slide guitar. The band says it sounds like "chimps smashing laptops for birthday cake." Whatever that means, it all makes for some delicious ear-candy on the band's self-titled debut album, out now on Eastern Fiction records.

Swaying with Caribbean rhythms and testing the waters of young love, German submarines and black market anchovies, Daniel Catán's loopy comedy Salsipuedes receives a world premiere performance at Houston Grand Opera.

Deepak Ram is a master of the bansuri, an Indian bamboo flute, and is known for a series of North Indian classical music albums. On his latest record, Steps, he turns to American jazz, reinterpreting classic standards on one of India's most traditional instruments.

Some of his best friend musicians call him Tooch. The extraordinary bassist John Patitucci comes to the stage at the KC Jazz Club in Washington, D.C., where an array of basses, guitars and drums await his tuned-in trio with Larry Koonse and Brian Blade. They're playing music from Patitucci's album, Line by Line.

Hayes Carll is a dry-witted folk musician whose unassuming music comes to life with amusing anecdotes in his latest album Trouble In Mind. Hear Carll in studio with host David Dye in this World Cafe session.