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This Seattle-based Tiny Desk Contest entrant describes her entry as a "contemplation on playfulness."

http://66.225.205.104/CT20101116.mp3 Charlotte, NC: The Global Evolution of a New South City Much has been written about Charlotte's ascent from small…

Several civil rights groups including the NAACP, League of Women Voters and Democracy NC filed a suit in state court today alleging racial bias in new…

http://66.225.205.104/LM20100928.mp3Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials today proposed closing 12 schools as part of an effort to save money and…

Bahamas combines elements of classic rock and blue-eyed soul harmonies to create something evocative and beautiful. Here, the band plays songs from its latest album, Barchords.

The Texas singer-songwriter returns to play songs from his genre-blending album Big Station.

The band from Anchorage, Alaska, makes its first appearance on Mountain Stage, recorded live in Fairbanks. The Whipsaws' members draw from rock, country and driving guitar.

Hear the contemporary Native American musician, recorded live from New York City's Webster Hall.

Stapleton, one of Nashville's most in-demand songwriters, sings powerfully of whiskey and heartache.

On this 1999 episode of Piano Jazz, Rachel Z performs her original "Gently Sleeps the Pear Tree" and she and McPartland switch gears with "All the Things You Are."

The singer-songwriter plays songs from his long-awaited second solo release, Beulah,live onstage.

Known for her range of musical styles, her sweet voice and her easygoing delivery, the singer-songwriter returns to Mountain Stage for a five-song set.

With a voice said to resemble a Midwestern Rod Stewart, Easton performs songs from his latest album, Since 1966, live on the campus of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.

Revisit this 1990 episode featuring the legendary cornetist as he teams up with his wife, host Marian McPartland, to perform "St. James Infirmary."

Provisions slipped into the economic bailout bill mandate that employers and insurance companies give mental health issues parity with physical health issues. Among the changes? Companies will not be able to charge different rates for mental — versus physical — health services.

These days some shoppers are looking at more than the price of their groceries; they're also considering "food miles" — how far the grapes or pork chops traveled to get to the store. But some experts say eating food grown locally isn't necessarily the best way to go green at the grocery store.

The two farmers found the gigantic dinosaur bones on their property in 2006. The long-necked plant eater was as long as a basketball court and was two-stories tall.

Pianist and composer Dave Burrell was an important part of the free jazz scene of the 1960s, recording with Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown, Archie Shepp and others. His new CD with his Full-Blown Trio, Expansion, marks Burrell's first recording for a U.S. label in almost 40 years.

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.

Southern-born singer-songwriter Chan Marshall is no stranger to covers. Under the Cat Power moniker, Marshall has released eight albums, two of them collections in which she reworks the classics. The latest is Jukebox. Hear an interview and performance from WXPN.