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JC Hopkins and Queen Esther talk about their new album, Under a Brooklyn Moon. The JC Hopkins Biggish Band does, indeed, hark back to big band and other, earlier forms of jazz.

The Prairie Home Companion host is starring (a bit reluctantly) in a fictional film about his own show. Keillor talks about working with Robert Altman, Meryl Streep and other above-average Hollywood luminaries.

Aqualung created a stir in Britain with a pop song that first drew attention as the background for a car advertisement. Now Matt Hales' piano-driven pop act is quietly mounting a U.S. invasion with a new CD, Strange and Beautiful.

DJ Jedi (a.k.a. Terrence Cedricks) and his cohorts host probably the most vibrant "open mic" night on the West Coast, every Monday at a small cafe in Santa Monica, Calif.

Chappy Hardy, a.k.a. the Man from Hunger, delivers another report from the road in his search for high-quality, low-cost Southern eats. In this installment: Mama Lou's in Robertsdale, Ala.

John Williams' score was, true to form, unforgettable — as Jeff Goldblum remembers in an interview with NPR.

Kim Taylor's music combines emotional songwriting (a la Fiona Apple) with soulful jazz influences (a la Billie Holiday), and the result sounds mellow and evocative, with simple arrangements that don't distract from her smoky, exuberant vocals.

Josh Ritter's poetic and intellectually complex lyrics have helped make the singer-songwriter practically a household name in Ireland. But he's not yet well-known in America -– "yet" being the key word. Hear an interview and in-studio performance from NPR's Studio 4A.

From a sensational soprano to an audacious new work for orchestra, NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Arun Rath spin a broad selection of new classical albums.

Shins frontman James Mercer and Brian Burton, a.k.a. Danger Mouse, are proof that sometimes genius really does love company. Their self-titled album earlier this year was voted by All Songs Considered listeners as one of the best of year (so far). Hear the duo live on WXPN.