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The musical band What I Like About Jew started out as a tongue-in-cheek cabaret act that sold out at New York venues such as The Knitting Factory and Fez. Now, the two-man act has a new CD, Unorthodox.

Mark Knopfler's latest album, Sailing to Philadelphia, is the second critically acclaimed CD in his solo career. In the 1970s and '80s, Knopfler was the front man of the band Dire Straits, best known for the songs "Sultans of Swing" and "Money for Nothing."

Charles de Ledesma reviews a new CD from Egyptian singer Natacha Atlas, called Gedida. She lived in Britain for a number of years, performing with the band Transglobal Underground. Now she's moved back to Cairo, and is integrating Egypt's indigenous music into her own brand of Western dance music.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with musician Ann Savoy about her latest project, Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music. Savoy invited non-Cajun singers, including Rodney Crowell, John Fogerty and Linda Ronstadt, to perform traditional songs backed up by a band of all-star Cajun musicians.

Lynn talks to songwriter Dan Masse and singer Sally Ellyson of the band Hem. Their debut CD is called Rabbit Songs. The music is a mixture of many American styles, from folk to Aaron Copland classical. Dan and Sally came together almost by accident, but their musical sensibilities are so close that Dan now writes music with Sally's voice in mind.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews the self-titled debut album from the band Vampire Weekend. The quartet has drawn praise — and pointed criticism — for its hooky, globally influenced pop.

In Indonesia, local communities, nonprofits and government agencies banded together to rescue local coral reefs destroyed by damaging fishing practices.

The Comedian Harmonists were a proto-boy band in Weimar, Germany. Their harmonies and musical parodies made them famous worldwide, but the rise of the Nazis posed a grave danger to the group.

Every day it seems that Donald Trump’s legal troubles are increasing. The former president, who is seeking re-election, is under criminal indictments for stealing and hording government secret documents. And there are the charges of falsifying business records for the porn star payoffs. Now Trump could be indicted for January 6th—trying to keep himself in power using fake electors. Is all this political retaliation? What are the facts?

The House Jan. 6 committee will hold its eighth hearing Thursday night, focused on former President Trump's activities when he was out of public view for three hours during the attack on the Capitol.