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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.

Owen County Judge Kelsey Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction against the ban being enforced, putting the new law on hold as abortion clinic operators argue that it violates the state constitution.

A 63-year-old janitor died in the public bathroom of a South Carolina Belk department store, but her body was not discovered for four days, authorities said.

Rose was a pioneer and revivalist who played a major part in bringing ragtime and American Primitive into the spotlight. In a session from World Cafe, Dave Shuford (a.k.a. D. Charles Speer) remembers the guitarist with a performance of "Medley/Prison Song."

After producing records for Solomon Burke, Ani DiFranco and most recently Allen Toussaint, Henry returns to his own material on Blood From Stars. In a session from WXPN, Henry traces the rugged history of American storytelling with a mix of blues, rock and jazz.

Nguyen Thi Thanh was 7 years old in 1968 when she says South Korean marines killed five of her family members and shot her in the stomach.