NPR Music: New Music & Songs

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Live At The Village Vanguard

Live Tonight, 9 p.m. ET

Rock/Pop/Folk

Winterpills (WXPN)

The Decemberists (WXPN)

Radiohead

Jazz

Danza Quartet Welcomes 2009, Bayou Style (WBGO)

Pink Martini Rings In 2009 (WBGO)

Woody Shaw Tribute (WBGO)

Classical

Pianist Gary Graffman: Left-Handed Miracles

Guitarist Charlie Hunter: Serve The Music First

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Jazz/Blues

Richard Sudhalter On Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke

Sam Reider On Piano Jazz

Rock/Pop/Folk

The Notwist: Complex And Entangling (WXPN)

Charlie Haden: Just A 'Rambling Boy' (WXPN)

World

An Irish Christmas With Dervish And Friends

Washington, D.C.'s Musical Experiments

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Music Patron Betty Freeman Dies

Once dubbed the "midwife of postmodernism," Freeman was the force behind many modern masterworks.

Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Dead At 60

Ron Asheton's sound was choppy, distorted and intense. It helped define American punk.

The Time Jumpers Beat The Time Clock

The band's members are studio veterans who've found a way to connect with music they love.