Latin Grammy Nominees Feature A Few Surprises Spanish singers Bebe, Concha Buika and Canadian Nelly Furtado were all nominated this year.

Why Albums Are Released On Tuesdays In The U.S. No one seems to know why the Tuesday tradition started. But this is why all other days don't work.

The XX Won The Mercury Prize The debut from the British trio won the 2010 prize for best album released in the last year.

When Jazz And Not-Jazz Converge The Dirty Projectors is a weird rock band. Guillermo Klein is an idiosyncratic Latin jazz composer. But their bodies of work converge in several surprising ways. Where do you see alignments, intentional or not, between jazz and its fellow genres?

Think Music Heals? Trombone Player Begs To Differ For years, trombone player Scott Bean had a cough that wouldn't quit. A doctor later figured out that mold and bacteria living in his trombone caused him to develop a condition that's being called "trombone players' lung."

Seu Jorge And Almaz: Double Billing, One Album Seu Jorge and Almaz has the looseness of a private jam session with your favorite musicians, but with each having a clear and equal part to play. It feels ready to be packed into the truck and taken on the road with no muss, no fuss.

Gogol Bordello On World Cafe Eugene Hutz, the eccentric leader of the gypsy-punk collective, speaks with host David Dye about the songwriting behind the band's crazy live show. The band also takes the stage at World Cafe Live for a few songs.

R&B Artist Kem Returns With Melodies Unspoken The chart-topper is back on the scene after a lengthy hiatus that left fans anxiously awaiting his return. The singer and self-taught musician, who recently visited NPR studios and performed songs from his new album Intimacy, talks candidly with host Michel Martin.

Lawrence Grey: Beats In Balance "Peaches for the Baby" opens with a stabbing organ line that serves as the template for a track that's constantly shifting. Grey introduces rhythms for just long enough to set a foot tapping, before shifting to another infectious feel running parallel to the previous idea.

Skipping Super Tuesday: September Release Dates Explained Every year tons of albums street on the same Tuesday in September. We asked why, and why not.

Lee Ritenour: A Half-Century Of Jazz Guitar When Ritenour visited the KPLU/Jazz24 studios on an unseasonably cool August afternoon, he arrived with a rhythm section hot enough to raise Seattle's temperature a few degrees: drummer Will Kennedy and bassist Melvin Davis. Together, they laid down three delightful tracks.

Or, The Whale On Mountain Stage Or, The Whale takes its name from Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. The seven-piece ensemble melds together retro rock and country, with just a hint of psychedelic imagery.

In Stock? New Music From Interpol, Robyn And The Thermals We checked record stores in Ann Arbor, Mich., for albums from Robyn, The Thermals and Interpol.

A German 'Soul Kitchen' That's More Than A Restaurant The Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Akin is a star of European cinema, known for gritty dramas about the immigrant experience in Germany. But his newest movie is a somewhat lighter film, filled with greasy food and heavy music.

Angus And Julia Stone On World Cafe The Australian siblings released their fourth album, Down the Way, earlier this year. Host David Dye catches up with them before their series of sold-out concerts Down Under.