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Blues fans have long looked to the Mississippi Delta or Chicago for a taste of authentic Americana, but a new compilation draws attention to another region: Appalachia. Classic Appalachian Blues, from Smithsonian Folkways, features acoustic fingerstyle blues assembled by music professor Barry Lee Pearson and archivist Jeff Place.

The name Mark Ronson may not ring any bells, but you've likely heard his music in one form or another. The multi-instrumentalist has produced records for many famous artists, including Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse.

On Sunday, Holtville, Calif., wrapped up its 76th Annual Carrot Festival. The farming community near the U.S.-Mexico border likes to brag that it is the “carrot capital of the world.”

A recent report on the state of heavy metal music prompted a flurry of listener e-mail. One listener wrote that NPR was assaulting its audience by playing such music. Metalheads objected en masse. Stay tuned to hear the result — in rhymed couplets.

The Canadian singer covers the Chess Records catalog, from Chuck Berry to Etta James, on her debut album.

Started in 2017, the protest movement advocates for the rights of women, immigrants, people of color and the LGBTQ community.

Colson Whitehead's novel Zone One is a post-apocalyptic tale of a Manhattan crippled by a plague and overrun with zombies. He explains that he created the novel, in part, to pay homage to the grimy 1970s New York of his childhood.

A new single, "Primrose Hill," was co-written by Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney, the youngest sons of Beatles musicians John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Shares in the video game retailer more than doubled at one point after a prominent meme stock investor made his first online posting in about three years.

McKay Coppins explains the stakes of a Murdoch family feud. John Powers reviews the animated film Flow. Harvard professor Elizabeth Linos weighs in on Elon Musk's sweeping cuts to the U.S. government.