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Rossen observes the state of his southwestern landscape, a long arc now rapidly changing as he turns to his young daughter, who can't grow up fast enough to see it as he does now.

The pop star is returning to stages two years after releasing an acclaimed second album, Future Nostalgia, and being forced like everyone else to hunker down for the long chill.

NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates reports on soul music singer-songwriter Van Hunt. Hunt's new self-titled CD blends influences from classic R&B with Hunt's own rock- and funk-inspired style.

Producer Roy Hurst offers a portrait of singer-songwriter and jazz legend Mose Allison.

In the late 1960s, Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson began work on an ambitious album called Smile. It was never released. Now Wilson is touring Europe, playing a 45-minute concert version of the music to high praise from critics. Hear "Surf's Up," a song originally recorded for Smile.

One hundred years ago, big bandleader Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa. A master of marketing and pop sensibility, Miller turned out one hit record after another with his orchestra between 1938 and 1944. "In the Mood," "Moonlight Serenade" and other Miller hits stirred dancers, inspired wartime America and became classics. Tom Vitale reports.

Ten years ago, after the Gulf War, two Islamic scholars started an interfaith music festival in Morocco to promote peace. Now a celebrated institution, the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music is on its first U.S. tour. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports. Hear music performed at Fes.

Talib Kweli discusses the return of Black Star after 24 years, including a return to some of the duo's foundational themes — black excellence, unity, Pan-Africanism and the raising of consciousness.

Producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) took vocals from rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album, mixed them with instrumentals from The Beatles — known as "The White Album" — and came up with The Grey Album.

San Francisco-area jazz guitarist/singer/songwriter Joyce Cooling creates music because she says it's in her bones. NPR's Tony Cox talks to Cooling about her latest CD This Girl's Got To Play — hear full-length tracks from the critically lauded album.