NPR Music: New Music & Songs

Live Friday: Black Kids and Does It Offend You, Yeah?

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Rock/Pop/Folk

The Black Keys

Lou Reed

British Sea Power (WXPN)

Jazz

North Sea Jazz Celebrates Bob Brookmeyer (WBGO)

Classical

Samuel Barber's Summertime Idyll (APM)

John Adams Re-Imagines the Hymn (WNYC)

Santogold: Kaleidoscopic Pop Music

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Jazz/Blues

Alexis Cuadrado: Jazz from the Underground (WBGO)

Tab Benoit: One Foot in the Bayou (Jazz24)

Rock/Pop/Folk

The Kills: Oozing Attitude and Tension (WXPN)

Le Loup Unleashes a Studio 'Celebration' (WFUV)

World

Rupa and the April Fishes: Multicultural Music (WNYC)

Esperanza Spalding: Voice of the Bass

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The Beatles' Apple Records: 40 Years Later

The band created the Apple label to release its own material, as well as that of acts it discovered.

Meredith Monk: Of Posterity and 'Impermanence'

The performance artist and composer has begun to consider how her work will last after she's gone.

Gil Evans: Distinction in Arranging

Among the most creative arrangers ever, Evans is best known for his extensive work with Miles Davis.