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The epic "Little Bird" demonstrates Jazzanova's artistic maturation as it envelops the phenomenal Brooklyn-based jazz singer Jose James in an orchestral wash of strings, acoustic guitar, stand-up bass, piano, glockenspiel and inconspicuous drum programming.

I'm Not Jim is a collaboration between Walter Salas-Humara of The Silos and award-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem. The duo Elegant Too rounds out this unlikely quartet, whose first record is a mix of giddy pop and mournful blues called You Are All My People.

A seasoned alt-rocker and coveted producer, Walker has worked with such chart-topping acts as Katy Perry, Tommy Lee and Pink. Last year, he also found time to release an album of his own, Sycamore Meadows. Named for the street where California wildfires claimed his home, the record finds Walker using his pop production experience to brighten his indie-rock sensibilities.

It is Day One of the first strike by TV and film writers in almost 20 years. Screenwriters in red T-shirts picketed in front of studios in New York and Los Angeles. It's hard to tell how long the strike will go on or what long-term damage it could do to the industry.

A group of textile manufacturers are coming together to produce up to 10 million face masks for hospitals and health care workers fighting the…

As stay-at-home orders set in across the country, Americans are still buying more staple foods than normal, but the spikes in purchases are slightly calmer than a few weeks ago.

That's the name of the main character — a science teacher who's become a meth cooker and a killer — on AMC's Breaking Bad. It's also the name of a man wanted for meth production in Alabama. Life is imitating art.

http://66.225.205.104/SO20090707.mp3Wells Fargo and Company, which has long prided itself on conservative practices has committed to investment banking by…

The federal government has paid for meth lab clean up for more than 10 years, but that money ran out in February. Since then in North Carolina, the State…

One-man band Matt Lorenz's memorable live session is replete with quirky salvaged instruments.

Hear the rising young Appalachian singer-songwriter perform live from the Adirondack Mountains.

Watch a new slow-motion video for one of They Want My Soul's best songs, directed by the production team LeBlanc + Cudmore.

The chemistry between the two Australian singers becomes apparent the instant you hear their intertwined voices floating together above low-end rumbles and resonant keys.

Guy Delisle's new graphic novel Pyongyang documents the two months he spent overseeing cartoon production in North Korea. Delisle's images depict his sense of the obedience of North Korean citizens to their government and the bleakness of his surroundings.

Ever since The Great White Hope left resident theater to Broadway and won the Pulitzer Prize, not-for-profit theaters are developing productions hoping for commercial success.

Mongolia's harsh climate and its recent transition to a market economy have made it difficult for some herders to maintain their traditional way of life. They are being encouraged to work together in cooperatives, but the nomads have to learn to trust each other first.

Ever wonder what those gold and silver medals on wine bottles mean, and how they got there? NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates talks with judges at America's largest wine competition to discover how they influence what ends up in your shopping cart.

New York's Looker embraces the DIY approach on "Radio," and it seems at first that the band's enthusiasm outpaces its abilities. But the song works anyway, thanks to Looker's melodic sense and its original take on hoary topics.

The automatic window reversal system may not react correctly after detecting an obstruction, a violation of federal safety standards. An online software update will fix the problem, Tesla says.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Mary Springhorn of Bellingham, Washington and puzzle master Will Shortz.