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Few musicians are as identified with Texas as the late Doug Sahm. But Sahm also spent five years in exile in California, where rock historian Ed Ward got to know him. Ed takes a look at this period, in which he says Sahm and his band, the Sir Douglas Quintet, did some of their most lasting work.

Booker T. Jones — master of the Hammond B3 organ — is a producer, composer, arranger and Grammy-Award-winning artist who plays multiple instruments.

More than 300 public, private, and nonprofit sector leaders gathered in San Antonio on Tuesday to learn about the complex challenges facing service members and veterans — and brainstorm solutions.

Morning Edition reports on the music that sustained Nelson Mandela and other members of the anti-apartheid movement while they were in a South African prison. Many of them were huge reggae fans.

Texas Matters: The battle over abortion hit a boiling point in Texas this week and it all started with a 13-hour filibuster attempt by Sen. Wendy Davis of…

Texas Matters: Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott released fundraising numbers this week, leading to a bigger conversation about the cost of campaigning in…

Today we travel to Argentina and Brazil, with a hop into Mexico, enabling us to sample several indigenous languages, Guarani and Zapotecan, plus music in the imported languages of Spanish and Portuguese. Singer and guitarist Suni Paz sings “Pedro Canoero,” introducing us to the Guarani harp. More musical surprises come from recordings made by the Columbia recording company aboard the SS Uruguay as a flurry of Brazil's finest popular musicians participate in an all-night jam session, overseen by Heitor Villa-Lobos and Leopold Stokowski.

Top executives of leading U.S. newspapers are turning to the Biden administration for help in getting Afghan journalists out of that country. Reporters say they believe the threat is dire.

At the annual Schools Expo in February, families tried to match their needs with the best schools under the city's choice system. This month, they'll find out where they've been assigned.

NBC's a cappella competition "The Sing-Off" returns for a fourth season on Monday, Dec. 9. The executive producer and judge Ben Folds discuss what's to come.