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Producer Jack Chance of Hearing Voices takes a trip to remote Easter Island to record some of the local music. He hears stories about how the island's famous stone heads, called moai, were arrayed around the perimeter of the island many centuries ago.

Saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano drops by the studio to chat with NPR's Tony Cox about his latest project out on Blue Note Records, I'm All For You, a collection of ballads.

Looking for what's hot and what's not in spring music releases? Join NPR's Neal Conan and guest Bob Boilen from All Songs Considered to talk about the music you should be listening for.

After ten years with Lenny Kravitz, Blackman recently left the group to focus on her own music.

Alongside her daughter Wynonna, Naomi Judd, who died on April 30, willed one of the most riveting acts in country music into being through persistence and sacrifice.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with singer-songwriter Patty Griffin in Studio 4A. She and her band also perform songs from Impossible Dream, her latest CD.

R&B singer Ravyn Lenae strikes a balance between carefree and commanding.

The genre-bending star talks her new album Motomami, expressing sexuality in music and her global approach to pop.

The Brazilian singer Flora Purim helped create the sound of jazz fusion. Now, as she releases what she says will be her final album, it's time to give her artistic legacy its due.

It's been 50 years since Bob Dylan strolled on stage at the Newport Folk Festival, plugged in an electric guitar, and infuriated his flock. Historian Elijah Wald says there's much more to the story.