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Painting your house can be a huge investment. That's why picking the right color is key. And getting help is easier than ever now that boutique paint lines and hand-crafted colors are in vogue. On a tour of a neighborhood in Portland, Ore., a color consultant offers a critique.

In 1907, shortly after publishing his book of love poetry titled Chamber Music, James Joyce penned a letter to his brother Stanislaus: "Some of the verses are pretty enough to be put to music. I hope someone will do so, someone that knows old English music such as I like." A century later, 36 electronic, folk and rock musicians have done just that.

For all its analog '70s embellishments, Costa's "Bullets in the Sky" doesn't attempt to replicate a past sound, as martial snare-drum beats evolve into a boom-bap rhythm. It all helps the track fit neatly into Stax Records' legacy of message songs, while sounding more reverential than referential.

For his follow-up to 2004's Of What Lies Beneath, Austin, TX resident Dan Dyer draws from gospel, Bossa Nova and even ragtime for a contemporary homage of pulsating grooves. His selt-titled sophomore release, which dropped in late August, begins with the soulful "Love Chain," featuring members of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Choir backing Dyer's own Stevie Wonder-inspired tenor. It's a passionate and stunning opener, showcasing much of the musical styles Dyer grew up on.

The experimental rock band based in New York draws on early vocal music, modern soul and other sources, defying categorization in the process. According to critic Will Hermes, the band's new album, Bitte Orca, is a breakthrough.

The militant snap of Peter Prescott's drums, the howl of Roger Miller's guitar and the harsh plucks of Clint Conley's bass all return in an anthemic battle cry against excess titled "1, 2, 3, Partyy!" The song comes from The Sound the Speed the Light, Mission of Burma's third post-reunion album, which seems to pick up right where the band's '80s classics left off.

It's been 20 years since the Grammy-winning folk-pop duo Indigo Girls released its major-label breakthrough, achieving instant notoriety for "Closer to Fine." Since then, it's released a long string of warmly received, independent-minded CDs. Hear Indigo Girls perform live in concert from WXPN in Philadelphia, followed by Shemekia Copeland.

Tia Fuller composes for both saxophone and flute. She says her latest album, Healing Space, is a manifestation of her spirituality. It's also a testament to the bonds of a musical family.

The genre-bending saxophonist with a ubiquitous tone has a new album out. Sanborn tells Scott Simon that the disc is partly a tribute to his early heroes of blues and soul: Ray Charles and his saxophonist, Hank Crawford.

Dan Fischer found solace in surfing after his father died. Now, he's writing the names of other people's lost loved ones on his surf boards, to "memorialize them in the place they so deeply loved."

Santi Elijah Holley's An Amerikan Family follows Shakur's family tree and their work in the Black Liberation Movement. And Central Park birder Christian Cooper explains Better Living Through Birding.

Bipartisan negotiators are working on a border security funding deal — but both sides are still sorting out what kind of "wall" or "barrier" is in and whether President Trump will sign it.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Terrence Bennett of Upper Black Eddy, PA, and NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Bridgers has been busy, releasing the collaborative projects boygenius and Better Oblivion Community Center. "Garden Song" is her first release since her 2017 debut, Stranger in the Alps.

The Radio Television Digital News Association recognized WFAE with three awards in its regional Edward R. Murrow Awards competition for electronic…

Listeners share the songs that make them feel calm during this stressful time.

The $350 billion small business program created in the massive coronavirus relief package is popular, and multiple senators say more money is needed to keep it afloat.

Republican and Democratic leaders have agreed on a plan to fund the government for the first six months of fiscal 2013. Still left to debate: whether to extend the so-called Bush tax cuts and looming, deep automatic cuts in some spending.

Making her 18th appearance on the show, O'Brien is described by host Larry Groce as one of the most talented singers ever to grace its stage. Here, she performs with husband and guitarist Rich Moore.

In White's latest video, the vast beauty of the natural world becomes a metaphor for the soulful sounds behind his music, and the ways bedrock genres are often turned into caricatures.