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The group Ollabelle came out of an open mike night in New York City called, "Sunday School for Sinners." Their music captures the sound and feeling of the American South, from it churches to its porches and honkytonks.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a new box set of Dave Brubeck's Time Out albums.

The incandescent, influential funk musician Betty Davis died on Wednesday. She made a string of albums in the mid-1970s that helped to shape stylish, Afrofuturist strains of funk and hip-hop.

Pink Sweat$ explores the notion that one doesn't need sacred text or church pews to have a spiritual encounter.

Jeff Lunden reports on one of the few critical and commercial hits this season on Broadway. Wonderful Town is a 50-year-old production created by Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green and Betty Comden.

Bon Iver's S. Carey offers love song for whom he holds most dear.

The Library of Congress unites the legendary folklorist's recordings of world cultures with the documentaries he and his father made of the American South. NPR's Felix Contreras reports.

Emery became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and television. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

The artist's community-oriented mixtape is a milestone of personal and professional transformation.

The king of ragtime published his hit tune 120 years ago. Pianist Lara Downes believes the piece helped shape the future of American music.