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Drawing from ten different traditional ragas, the Indian master has created an East-meets-West mashup for sarod and symphony orchestra. Hear a sneak preview of the May 10th release.

"When You Cut" begins with a hooky, almost cheery keyboard melody before plunging into stranger territory, marked by smeared guitar reverb. That approach aligns perfectly with singer Ripley Johnson's creeping paranoia.

The British singer's ballads have earned her comparisons to two icons of 1970s pop: Burt Bacharach and Karen Carpenter.

In "Usual Suspects," the Missouri band Ha Ha Tonka busts out of the gates like classic Replacements on an Ozark bender.

The otherworldly singer-songwriter is an energetic wonderball of a performer. Her work has garnered her worldwide recognition, critical praise, and Grammy nominations. Hear her perform live.

A recent 13-CD box set called Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War on Record 1961-2008 documents the music that dominated the airwaves during the Vietnam War. Rock historian Ed Ward says the compilation could have used some "conscientious curation."

The pianist talks to All Things Considered host Robert Siegel about her new recording of J.S. Bach's keyboard music, titled Bach: A Strange Beauty.

Since releasing "You're Beautiful" in 2005, Blunt has sold more than 18 million records, been nominated for five Grammys and won many music awards. But he still divides music critics. His new album is Some Kind of Trouble.

Fresh off a four-year stint in politics, the singer-songwriter returns with a new album. Laru Beya pays tribute to the culture Aurelio championed in the Honduran congress: the Garifuna of Central America, whose traditions may be in danger of dying out.

The Brooklyn band gives traditional Jewish cantorial music a modern edge with a swinging horn section and rock beats. But the unlikely invitation to play a major music festival in Mali — a Muslim country — inspired the band to record a new album, The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. I.