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"What we conjured up ... was that we weren't going to try and be this constructed ideal of femininity," Albertine says of her band's approach. She recently released a memoir, To Throw Away Unopened.

The Akron, Ohio, duo prefers its music sloppy and primitive. They record in a basement, and use strategic pauses to make their two-instrument band sound bigger. Guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney talk with Steve Inskeep before their set at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club.

Instead of finding fame with the 13th Floor Elevators in the 1960s, Roky Erickson is mostly known as a cautionary tale: a man who took too many psychedelic drugs, then struggled with mental illness. Now he's back, with the indie-rock band Okkervil River in tow.

The groundbreaking television presenter would have turned 82 today.

By 1974, Steely Dan's two albums had helped established the band as a viable business proposition. With Pretzel Logic, they began a quest for studio perfectionism that would last for decades to come.

Wynton Marsalis, Bryan Stevenson and a host of musicians release a record that captures the rhythm of life

Hudson always wanted to sing, but feared it would derail her acting career. Now she's up for an Oscar for her portrayal of a hairdresser who performs in a Neil Diamond tribute band in Song Sung Blue.

In past viral outbreaks, pregnant women have been at heightened risk of severe symptoms, sometimes leading to birth defects and complications during…

A cross-generational group of Afghanistan's top musicians provides a living archive of the nation's cultural treasures — players who've found a new home in Fremont, Calif. They've just released a new album, headed by a phenomenal female singer named Mahwash.

This week on Fronteras:— Solving a migrant identity puzzle: A critical detail helps investigators put the pieces together.— An Indian immigrant makes…