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"Folk Music & Beyond" features an encore broadcast of a special interview with Thistle & Shamrock host Fiona Ritchie this Saturday at 3 pm (PST) on KALW…

Farmer Rosamund Young's book will charm people who want to lap up more evidence that animals have personalities, but may not warm hearts of animal lovers who don't eat meat.

Carter got her start in the U.K. electronic scene singing for the Bugz In The Attic and Massive Attack, but her first love was always Dolly Parton.

Lauren Migaki is a senior producer with NPR's education desk. She helps tell stories about teacher strikes, college access and a new high school for young men in Washington D.C. She also produces and hosts NPR's podcast about the Student Podcast Challenge.

Charley Crockett's story sounds larger than life, but the singer — who just released his 11th album in seven years — says, "Everything I ever said I am is true and then some."

The Asheville, N.C., band's new album blends country and shoegaze influences in a thrilling set of songs that capture youthful debauchery and local lore against a backdrop of strip malls and highways.

Let Me Do One More, the latest from songwriter, engineer and producer Sarah Tudzin, is proof that ambition doesn't have to be serious and that moments of vulnerability can also make for hooky rippers.

Oxford American magazine has a few answers, not to mention one killer Tennessee mixtape. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with editor Roger Hodge and music editor Rick Clark about assembling the magazine's new issue on the music of Tennessee and its companion two-CD sampler.

On its fifth album, the English band crafts a rich and playful swirl of Technicolor overdrive, suitable for rowdy keggers, children's birthday parties and just about any celebration in between.

Tim Z. Hernandez started with a line from Guthrie's "Deportee" and ended up identifying the song's anonymous subjects. His book speaks to the universality of the immigrant experience.

Frustrated by the lack of leading roles for female actors, Witherspoon decided to start her own production company. Her new project, The Morning Show, takes on sexual harassment in the news industry.

Emerging as a major pop star in 2019, Eilish is emblematic of her moment: a rebel who is also a popular kid, a loud cultural presence emanating from a carefully maintained private place.