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NPR speaks with Angel Bat Dawid about capturing emotion in sound, Chicago's influence on her music and the artist she's most grateful for: George Clinton.

Musician Juan Wauters talks about how he created a hip-hop song for his new album, Real Life Situations.

Bob Fass hosted the influential New York City radio show Radio Unnameable for more than 50 years. It served as a megaphone for the 1960s counterculture and boosted folk and blues artists.

The Brazilian singer uses her Tiny Desk platform to discuss individual and systemic forms of anti-Blackness.

Herrmann composed some of the best-known film music ever written — especially the scores he wrote for Alfred Hitchcock. Now a new CD shows another side of Herrmann that's equally memorable.

Her husband, Teddy, would serenade her to this song, replacing the name "Diana" with "Adelia."

Holiday joy is in short supply, but Julia Mattison and Joel Waggoner have created a social media advent calendar of silly carols to lighten up a dark season. They talk with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

As a composer, Guinga's written hits for Brazilian superstars like Elis Regina. As a musician he's set the bar for classical guitarists far beyond his native country.

From Moses Sumney's upcoming double album to a folk supergroup starring two of the minds behind Hadestown and Fruit Bats, here are some of Stephen Thompson's early picks for 2020.

Ruffin's guitar has graced performances from Mariah Carey to Fishbone. Public radio program Live From Cain's profiles the veteran guitarist and his Tulsa band, Freak Juice.