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The astrophysicist, 3D photography enthusiast and, yes, hall-of-fame rock star answers our questions about DQ — the ice cream and fast food franchise.

As the son of Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti carries a torch for infectious grooves and political songwriting. He speaks with NPR's Renee Montagne.

He's behind the theme music for public-radio programs like Morning Edition and Marketplace. Now, Leiderman finally has an album of his own: BJ, which features Béla Fleck on several tracks.

A new album features the late Ray Charles playing with the Count Basie Orchestra, but Charles never actually recorded with the group. The tracks were mashed together by an audio engineer who used to play with Charles.

You probably know it as such a happy song. But Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera," as performed by Pink Martini, might make you feel downright blue. The band explains its take on the 1956 classic.

Some of today's best world music acts spring from the discovery of an obscure passion. For brothers Zac and Ethan Holtzman, leaders of the band Dengue Fever, it was 1960s Cambodian pop music.

Singer Dominique Durand discusses forming the trio in the early '90s, when she was a recent immigrant who'd never set foot in a recording studio.

The Irish singer discusses recording her new album, Passenger, for an audience of one, and performs live in the NPR studio.

Four years after it was recorded live in Lucerne, Switzerland, an album of six standards called Somewhere is finally getting a proper release.

The 30th Alamo Bowl logo was painted on the 50 yard line at the Alamodome on Friday as preparations continued for the showdown between the #20 Texas Longhorns and #12 Washington Huskies.