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It's been a good couple of years for hip-hop and soul producers to step out from the boards and record their own music. The latest, Raphael Saadiq, just released a solo disc called The Way I See It, an authentic-sounding slab of '60s-style soul. Hear Saadiq perform live in concert from WXPN in Philadelphia.

The Republican presidential candidate made controversial comments during a May fundraiser.

Earnest and forthcoming onstage, Sollee shares his anxieties about being a young father through his song "Slow Down," and dedicates the song "DIY" to anyone who devotes time to the creative process.

The sister act from Los Angeles took home the BBC's Sound of 2013 award. Watch them perform "Falling" at Filter Magazine's SXSW Showdown in Austin, Texas.

One of America's premier blues players brings his band to West Virginia's most famous stage.

Hear a live set from the Ohio string band, led by songwriter and banjo player Laurie Michelle Caner.

With the band Live, Kowalczyk was responsible for huge hits in the '90s, but he's been recording and performing on his own since 2009. Here, he plays a solo acoustic set on stage in West Virginia.

Watch members of The Decemberists — at the festival as Black Prairie — and Laura Veirs join Meloy on a version of "Yankee Bayonet."

Bitcoin hits the $50,000 mark. Tesla buys $1.5 billion's worth. And now Mastercard will accept it on the network.

Local governments in California are struggling with how to respond to Governor Pete Wilson's plan to eliminate a state program providing pre-natal care to illegal immigrants. The governor says taxpayers should not have to fund services for people who are breaking the law, and officials in many counties agree. But others say offering pre-natal care is more cost-effective than paying for later medical problems in the babies, who are US citizens. Jason Beaubien (BOH-bee-en) of member station KQED reports.

Having worked the West Coast earlier in the week, Texas Governor George W. Bush was bearing down on the Midwestern states again today, campaigning in Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin. Bush warned that Gore's plans for seniors were just a "hop, skip and a jump" from nationalizing the U.S. health care system. Gore, meanwhile, campaigned in Illinois as well and had plenty of warnings of his own. In Chicago he told a crowd that "prosperity is on the ballot," and warned against Bush's environmental record. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

"Feel Alright" showcases LeGrow's confidence and attitude as a singer, teetering on the edge of rasp and growl, while thoroughly maintaining control.

The poet and saxophonist reminds us to step back and look hard at the things that are working against you.

On his new album, Timeless Love, rhythm and blues legend Smokey Robinson sings hits from the American songbook, including "I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Baby)," "Night and Day" and "More Than You Know." Robinson William "Smokey" Robinson recorded dozens of top 40 hits for the Motown label as a solo artist and with The Miracles.

What began as Elvis Costello's tribute to Allen Toussaint's music became a dedication to the rebuilding and return of New Orleans. The two musicians talk about their new album A River in Reverse.

There is a passionate defiance to "What I Want," the sound of a young, queer woman seizing and holding fast to her desires.

On Kali Malone's "Living Torch II," distortion and feedback reshape mourning into triumph.

In his new book, the author traces rock 'n' roll back to its historical germination on the Chitlin' Circuit.

In "Bannermen," the folk duo holds tight to its Eastern influences, even as it steers into rock.

The Malian guitarist and singer meets the Texas trio in a loping, labyrinthine fusion of dub, blues and West African grooves.