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Singer-songwriter John Hiatt has played in bar bands, backup bands and fronted his own groups. His songs turn into hits for other performers. He tells Liane Hansen about his music and his 21st album, Master of Disaster.

On Not Too Late, Jones and her band — including her boyfriend and a woman she met at band camp at age 15 — craft a pleasant and accessible mix of ballads, jazz and country-tinged pop songs.

Jorgenson's fingers are nothing but a blur when he's notes-deep into a song on his unique guitar. The veteran gypsy-jazz guitarist has performed with Elton John, Bob Dylan and Sting, and was a member of the hit-making Desert Rose Band.

Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews The Irrational Numbers, the new album from improvisation-oriented bassist Drew Gress. In truth, he says, the numbers the band plays are less "irrational" than pleasantly unpredictable.

Booker T. Jones is a master of the Hammond B-3 organ. During the '60s, he and The MGs were the house band for Stax Records in Memphis. Now, Jones is back with his first solo album in 20 years, with a remarkable backing band in tow: Drive-By Truckers, with help from Neil Young.

Grammy Award-winning bassist Greg Gonzalez is the steady rhythm behind Grupo Fantasma, Brownout and Money Chicha, in addition to his work with countless other artists.

The Rolling Stones' drummer, now 71, says the 1965 hit "sums up the whole period" in the band's development.

In 1960s London, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp approached a young band to be the subjects of their first film. As a new documentary explains, they ended up managing rock royalty.

Singer Ezra Koenig says the band's new album, Modern Vampires of the City, is the final part of a trilogy — and the product of a lot of reflection on time and aging.

When their students are asleep, these teachers are onstage in LA's punk rock scene.