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The underground legend played a vigorous set of deeply personal songs at the NON-COMMvention in Philadelphia.

The son of folk-rockers Richard and Linda Thompson says he didn't listen to any music made after 1959 until he was 16. But his new album furthers his folk and country roots with some of the contemporary sounds he's grown to like.

As a new singer-songwriter with a new debut album, Priscilla Ahn is an unfamiliar figure. But from her first breaths in "Dream," she possesses a presence that can't be overlooked. It's not just the startling clarity of her singing, but also the lovely and occasionally wry songwriting that's bound to capture listeners' attention and imaginations.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Colleen McNicholas, who works for Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, following her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

A group of men in India were recently arrested for putting on bogus professional cricket matches and duping bettors in Russia.

Julian is cleverly disguised as a sensitive singer-songwriter: He's a white guy with an acoustic guitar. In fact, he's a true soul singer and an astonishing storyteller in the vein of Randy Newman or Paul Simon. Hear an interview and performance from WFUV.

For his new album, the Iranian-American musician put together an all-star cast of singers and instrumentalists from several different cultures. One is a celebration of international musicians thriving on their differences.

Athens, GA band Mass Solo Revolt hasn't lost sight of its predecessors — Pavement, Built to Spill — harnessing those raw sounds from the early '90s to create a less polished, yet still infectious, throwback indie rock sound. The opening chords to the band's debut CD, Easy Mark could have been pulled straight off Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted, offering the same lazy, off-kilter sound. Lead singer Martin Brummeler's idiosyncratic lyrics about "crooked teeth" and "rubber knives" add to the song's quirky feel; the track proves uniquely poppy with catchy hooks.

Lyrics Born is a Japanese-American musician making waves in the world of hip hop, by fusing funk, rock, and R&B. But he doesn't like to talk about his ethnic background — except in his songs. He talks with Farai Chideya about his music and new album.

Since its 1994 debut, the hook-heavy rock band Weezer has sold 10 million records and cultivated a devoted following for its guitar-based power-pop. Frontman Rivers Cuomo discusses the band's latest self-titled record, known as The Red Album.