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In "En Memoria," tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus helps turn a calypso stroll into dim twilight wandering.

Tame Impala's "Lucidity" is more about impact than innovation, but the music still stuns on contact. The track puts the band's best foot forward, with lead-guitar distortion so abrasive, it's like a burnt piece of meat loaf in a rusty frying pan.

Rather than a tribute to the beloved Canadian diva, "Celine" is actually a touching ode to Quinn Christopherson's mother.

"Lament for Morning" is a promising and exciting work of experimentation, worthy of celebration and study.

With its distinctly rural feel, the New York band Woods makes an ideal soundtrack for balmy walks amidst mammoth trees and crunchy beds of dead leaves. In "Suffering Season," falsetto vocals reverberate for miles in every direction, quivering with tremolo alongside lazy guitar leads.

The band introduces some synth-pop to its buoyant indie-rock sound on its latest album, Permalight. Rogue Wave showcases this new side of itself during the course of this session at Philadelphia's WXPN.

Virginia Macali plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

George Shirley, an award-winning trailblazing operatic tenor, shares his story in words and in music

Many environmentalists say the Willow Project will be a “carbon-bomb.”

The Montréal house-pop artist offers an avant-goût of warmer days but also parties, festivals and flirty encounters.

The avant-garde powwow singer underlines his contempt for the grim reaper who takes his loved ones too soon.

Live from World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, watch performances by The Kentucky Gentlemen, Tylar Bryant, Grace Givertz, Denitia and Samantha Rise.

More people are forming a slower relationship with fashion, one where secondhand and even mending get in the rotation.

What does that organic label actually mean? And what kind of benefits can you expect?

The more that the members of Strange Ranger dress like the cast of Trainspotting, the more its music sounds like it would have appeared on the 1996 movie's soundtrack.

The two collaborated on the new Steve Coogan comedy, about a failed actor and overzealous drama teacher who mounts a musical sequel to Shakespeare's most famous tragedy.

In the hands of Colombian musician, the accordion is both a melodic and rhythmic wonder.

Can you tie a cherry stem in a knot with your tongue? Ian Sweet's Jilian Medford wants to know.

Zoom, the company that has helped so many of us to work in our jammies, has told its employees that they now must come to the office at least two days a week.

Peter Falk, who was known for his portrayal of the disheveled and seemingly inept homicide detective Lt. Columbo, died on Thursday at age 83. Fresh Air remembers the actor with excerpts from a 1995 interview.