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In his new book Sellout, Dan Ozzi explores the punk phenomenon where anti-establishment clout is currency and while it's hard to pay your bills on principles, selling out often led to buyer's remorse.

For the first time in over two decades, Fleck has returned to the genre with My Bluegrass Heart, an ambitious double album.

Ed Sheeran performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert surrounded by bookshelves and a host of world-class musicians.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews 4x4 (WATT/ECM) the latest CD by pianist and composer Carla Bley.

On every Tuesday in the month of November, NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg examines how people cope with significant loss, and how they find a way to recover. In her first report, she talks with Leon Fleisher, one of America's premiere pianists, who lost the use of his right hand due to a repetitive motion injury. Instead of giving up music, he began teaching, conducting, and even played concerts featuring music written for just the left hand. Fleisher is now 72 years old, and has undergone numerous treatments to regain the use of his hand. His efforts have paid off, and now select audiences can again listen to this great pianist playing two handed works.

Liane speaks with Jim Sampas, producer of Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, which will be released Tuesday on the Sub Pop label. The Boss's dark and sparse album from 1982 is covered on the new cd by artists including Johnny Cash, Chrissie Hynde, Dar Williams, Ben Harper and others.

Commentator Nat Hentoff looks back at Billie Holiday's 1957 performance of "Fine and Mellow."

Muddy Waters' chart-topping 1954 classic stands today as a keystone of rock 'n' roll.

Opera is the only traditional performance art form with an audience that is getting younger. And some Gen-X fans have found the musical genre via the peculiar route of punk rock. They're drawn by opera's high drama, high volume and intellectual challenge. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

Jeff Lunden tells the story of "Oklahoma!" The musical, which premiered in 1943, and was expected to flop. But it didn't.