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The plot is more than a little silly — not to mention politically incorrect in the extreme — but wackiness was never done better, or more beautifully, than Rossini did it in The Italian Girl in Algiers, heard in a Washington National Opera production filled with world-class, Rossini singers.

At 69, gospel singer Mavis Staples continues to spread a positive message through her music. Her latest album, Live: Hope at the Hideout, is as musically and politically charged as her past works. She gives a stripped-down and powerful performance from WXPN.

The Heavy brings back vintage R&B with rich retro-soul instrumentals and gritty lo-fi sampling. In a session with host David Dye, the band explains how its sound developed, and even previews a new, unreleased song.

Though the room was packed with music lovers, many didn't know what to expect of Watcha Clan at Webster Hall in New York City. The French band's globalFEST performance was filled with deep bass and frenetic electronic beats mixing the sounds from around the world in a high energy performance.

Rivers Cuomo, the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the rock band Weezer, has released a solo set of at-home demos called Alone and Alone II.

Pianist Robert Glasper is an example of the freedom principle at work; walking proof that art is forever the great (small-d) democrat. A soon-to-be father, Glasper says he's excited about the world his child will soon enter, and he describes what Obama's presidency means for jazz.

After nearly 20 years without recording for a major U.S. label, jazz singer Abbey Lincoln has a new album, World is Falling Down.

The singer-songwriter has written a new memoir about his journey from New York to San Francisco, where he began his musical career. Here, he performs songs from his latest album, Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John.

With a reputation for solid, bluesy rock, Heartless Bastards' members will release their third album, The Mountain, in February. Erika Wennerstrom's powerhouse vocals and raw guitars lead the band.

Meloy is turning out to be one of this decade's most recognizable songwriters, both solo and with his main band, The Decemberists. Here, he talks about the group's forthcoming The Hazards of Love; it's the rock opera many have long expected from the band.