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The twelve men of Chanticleer, one of America's premiere vocal ensembles, present a program of a cappella music at the St. Vincent Church in Petaluma, Calif. Joseph Jennings directs.

In addition to his music career, Gilley was also famous for being the face of a nightclub that pushed Texas cowboy culture into a global spotlight.

The roots of gospel music are not well-documented. Early recordings were lost. Stories behind the songs weren't written down. A new book recounts the history of the beloved American art form. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Robert Darden, author of People Get Ready!.

NPR and WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark ring in the New Year with the 25th anniversary edition of Toast of the Nation — 13 hours of jazz and blues from Europe and across America.

Fifteen years after her hard-hitting hip-hop debut, All Hail the Queen, Queen Latifah has a new CD of jazz, soul and pop standards covering artists as diverse as Dinah Washington and Al Green.

When it comes to sex, booze and rock 'n' roll, the group Faces didn't just follow the cliché, they helped invent it. The hard-rocking, hard-drinking band helped propel the career of Rod Stewart. Ashley Kahn reports.

British musician PJ Harvey relied on basic home-recording techniques and spare instrumentation for the CD Uh Huh Her. She tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer this music is a bit autobiographical, too.

Hilary Hahn has already recorded landmark violin concertos with the world's great orchestras. She describes the meditative experience of playing Bach alone — and of trying to sound like a bird.

Musician Lenny Kaye is perhaps best known as Patti Smith's guitarist. But he's also a music writer, whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Village Voice and Creem. His new book, You Call it Madness: The Sensuous Song of the Croon, chronicles the male singers of the 1930s known for their suave, sophisticated and romantic interpretations of song: Bing Crosby, Rudy Vallee and Russ Columbo.

The Bangarra Dance Theatre, Australia's leading indigenous dance company, performed Bush at New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music. NPR's Allison Keyes talks with the company's choreographer, Stephen Page.