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See the Minneapolis-based noise-rock band's unforgettable set from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.

The former member of Carissa's Wierd and Band of Horses released her third full-length album, Deer Creek Canyon, earlier this year. Watch Cahoone perform that album's gorgeous title track in Portland.

Taking a break from performing at Oregon's Pickathon Music Festival, the folk-rock guitarist fingerpicks a gorgeous tune about living and loving in exile. Watch Paisley perform "Two Like Us."

One of Brooklyn's funkiest bands recently took to the West Coast to visit KCRW and perform live on Morning Becomes Eclectic. Watch the Menahan Street Band perform "Make the Road By Walking."

Centuries ago, China was the center of the world in innovation. In coming years, the country may push itself back to that lofty status. Time magazine correspondent Bill Powell and John Seely Brown, former director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, look at the high-tech future of China.

In his new collection, Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected Poems, poet Cornelius Eady writes of his transition from urban renter to rural homeowner and the encroachment of middle age.

"Rice & Gravy" sticks to the ribs because it's slightly more settled, while still sounding like nothing and no one in hip-hop right now.

This #NowPlaying discovery of Zhalarina comes to us from this year's Tiny Desk Contest.

Kississippi articulates the overwhelming rush and nonsensical whims of a new crush.

Blackberries were once cutting edge, but the company is ending service on its phones. For some people, this means heartbreak. At the same time, others are wondering, "What's a Blackberry?"

Film producer Ismail Merchant died Wednesday at age 68. In conjunction with James Ivory, he produced A Room With a View (1985), Howards End (1992) and other films. Their newest film, Heights, hits theaters in June. (Original airdate: 9/10/87)

Brooklyn quartet the Cloud Room offers tight, melodic indie rock sure to please fans of breakout artists like Interpol and the Killers. Their "Hey Now Now" has been dubbed "one of the great alt-pop singles of the first half of 2005" by the All-Music Guide.

FolkAlley.com, an Internet folk-music service produced by NPR station WKSU in Kent, Ohio, specializes in a blend of contemporary and traditional singer/songwriters, Americana, roots, Celtic, bluegrass, world music and more. Here's a look at Folk Alley's picks for the best albums of 2006.

In just three months, the United States has gone from one monkeypox case to more than 13,000.

The massive number of distractions we deal with daily goes far beyond technology.

Listeners share their plans for marking the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Tarryk Kozar is a listener from Williamston, Mich., who wrote in to explain how he remembers the attacks. He says he is committed to keeping the memory of the victims alive.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has for years been fraught with devastating economic and political crises, often resulting in violent conflict. Among the countless victims of the violence are the women, many of whom have been raped and sexually abused. A new play, Ruined, tells their story on stage.

The electronic-pop musician builds a distinct sense of time and place, complete with Blade Runner reference.

The ghost with the most is back.