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The composer-in-residence for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bates has also been a DJ for 10 years. Here, he describes his double life in classical and electronic music.

Peter and Bill are still tanning on the beach, so this week we bring you another collection of some of our favorite in-person guests.

Hombre Lobo is the first studio album in five years by the act known as Eels. Frontman Mark Oliver Everett — better known to his fans as "E" — turns in what he calls "12 songs of desire."

DJ Quik and rapper Kurupt, both veterans of Los Angeles gangsta rap, have put aside their gang affiliations — Quik was once a Blood and Kurupt was long identified with the Crips — to focus on their common musical bonds in Blaqkout. While Kurupt's rapping is straightforward, Quik's production shows him to be playfully unhinged, yet fresh and experimental as ever.

It's not quite right to suggest that Wilson transformed NPR Music's office into a church earlier this summer. It's more like he made us realize that church music can be played just about anywhere.

Coming from a singer-songwriter who wrote a triple-platinum hit in response to her label's request for a "marketable love song," Bareilles' latest single, "King of Everything," seems indicative of a trend. In an interview, Bareilles says she likes writing happy tunes that tell people to kiss off.

Pretty much everything you'd want in a rock 'n' roll instrumental is in Campilongo's "Backburner": a terrific groove, trick-filled riffs and solos, and a point at which Campilongo thrashes and burns in a way that argues he paid attention to punk rock.

Anointed the next bright hope of jazz, last year's breakout pianist took only two days to record his first solo album of originals and covers. Does it live up to high expectations? NPR's Tom Moon reviews the album here.

Manchin said he was experiencing mild symptoms, while Murkowski said she was experiencing flu-like symptoms.

A heat wave that's been affecting Europe has caused dangerous infrastructure damage in Britain. The country's transportation sector has seen the worst of it.