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A memo published by WikiLeaks shows significant overlap between corporate contributions to the Clinton Foundation and former President Bill Clinton's private income.

The name Louie Ortega doesn't spring to mind when Mexican-American contributions to rock 'n' roll history come up. But at least for some people, he's a legend based on a band he put together in Prunedale, Calif., in the late 1960s. Critic Ed Ward, who has been a fan since he first heard the band, celebrates the release of its long-rumored second album.

Composer Darcy James Argue runs a jazz big band — but imagines its sound as if big bands had stayed current rather than faded away. The music's clarity, contrasts and rhythms are all impressive.

NPR Music's Sidney Madden and Marissa Lorusso explore the diversity and staying power found in the songs on NPR Music's list of the 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+.

Palmieri, who died Aug. 6, is credited with originating Latin jazz's trombone sound. He later successfully lobbied for a new Grammy category for Afro-Caribbean jazz. Originally broadcast in 1994.

TPR Book Public's Yvette Benavides speaks with Louise Erdrich about her novel "The Night Watchman."

Since the 1970s, Lake has led numerous bands of his own, including an occasional big band, and an organ quartet. That organ group is one to watch.

Dolores O'Riordan of the Irish rock band The Cranberries died on Monday at 46. The vocalist became internationally known in '90s with her band's hits such as "Linger," "Dreams" and "Zombie."

FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS THE CUBAN BAND LOS VAN VAN (lohs VAHN vahn) HAS PERFORMED SONGS THAT SLYLY CRITICIZE THE PITFALLS OF EVERYDAY CUBAN LIFE, WHILE CELEBRATING THAT CULTURE'S EXUBERANCE WITH A RHYTHM THAT IS IRRESISTABLE. THE BAND IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ON THE ISLAND BECAUSE THE MUSICIANS ARE SINGING ABOUT THE LIVES OF THE WORKING PEOPLE WHO COME TO HEAR THEM. NPR'S JOHN BURNETT VISITED CUBA AND TALKED TO SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF LOS VAN VAN...AND SOME OF THEIR FANS.

John Lurie is a saxophone player, actor, the voice of Molson on Ice, and star of his own fishing program. His band the Lounge Lizards turns 20 this year, and Lurie has released three new music projects. All Things Considered Director Bob Boilen has a profile of this offbeat big band leader. (7:00) CD's heard in this piece are the Lounge Lizards "Queen of All Ears" and the score to Manni and Lo and African Swim, by John Lurie, all the cd's are on the label Strange and Beautiful Music