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Fans of New York Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams know him as an elegant runner and a smart hitter. Now, he's showing a different side with his new CD, The Journey Within. Trained as a classical guitarist in Puerto Rico, Williams says the album is influenced by the music of his childhood.

The Americana Music Honors & Awards' Album Of The Year winner plays one of her best recent songs.

Mary Lou Williams was not only present for nearly every development in jazz music — she was influential to most of them. In her compositions, arrangements, piano playing, and teaching, she constantly advanced jazz music.

As part of our weeklong motivational check-up series, NPR's Tavis Smiley checks in with public relations guru Terri Williams, who explains how to bring balance to our lives.

The No. 1 ranked female tennis player in the world will take a break from the sport even as she is at the top of her game.

Commentator Judy Muller has been reading NBC anchorman Brian Williams' new Web blog, and she's not sure she likes where this new journalistic medium is going. The postings often detail newsroom discussions over what stories should lead the broadcast.

Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Lucinda Williams has released her eighth CD, West. The collaboration with producer Hal Willner is mostly a meditation on the death of Williams' mother, and the end of a turbulent love affair.

The fingerstyle guitarist builds worlds with her music; at the Tiny Desk, Yasmin Williams invites us into hers.

The low end has always been terra firma for Williams, one of the all-time great bassists in modern jazz. Hear highlights of a recent set with his post-bop ensemble, Something More.

It was no surprise that Holly Williams started writing songs at age 8 — she comes from a line of famous musicians. Her new CD, Here With Me, draws from those influences and from her well of personal experience.

The writer and Spanish Civil War veteran William Herrick died over the weekend. Our book commentator Alan Cheuse describes Herrick's life and work and the modern relevance of the writer's greatest subject: politics and terror.

William F. Buckley, Jr., died Wednesday. He was 82. Fresh Air remembers the founder and longtime editor of the National Review with excerpts from a 1989 interview.

She came to the desk a little unsure, and left singing "West Memphis" with intensity and passion. Williams has a voice like no other, and it shines in these intimate moments.

An unpublished poem from playwright Tennessee Williams has been discovered in some of his college papers. We speak with a professor about the content of "Blue Song," the poem possibly written during a test.

The Senate is holding confirmation hearings this week for President Trump's pick to run the Justice Department. William Barr is the nominee to be the next…

President-elect Donald Trump has promised mass deportations when he steps into the White House. Many in Charlotte’s immigrant community are bracing for deportations.

The Revelations' members, including Williams, revive '60s and '70s soul, yet there's a modern quality to their sound that suggests they're not bound to the confines of a jukebox. Hear songs from the group's debut EP, Deep Soul.

Marlon Williams has a heart-stopping voice, is in love with a good, traditional blues or country tune, and writes songs about vampires and horror films.

Many African-American leaders have lost touch with a hallmark of the civil rights movement — the tradition of self-empowerment, Juan Williams says. Instead, he says, they've embraced "victimhood."