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Winner of the 2016 Arkansas Times Musician’s Showcase, the Little Rock-based band The Uh Huhs are certainly friends of KUAR. The band members Zach Hale,…

New York City-based Puerto Rican indie band Balún talks about their style of music, which they call "dreambow."

Mikel Jolet reviews the music of Sigur Ros. The group is from Iceland. They make instrumental music without lyrics... sort of. Jolet explores the language the band uses to sing its songs. He says the music is beautiful and dreamy. The CD by Sigur Ros is on MCA records.

The latest CD by former J. Geils Band frontman, Peter Wolf, is infused with country and rhythm and blues. Reviewer David Greenberger says the new album, Sleepless, establishes Wolf as a master of songwriting. Sleepless by Peter Wolf is available on Artemis Records, 751125-2.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with singer and songwriter Kristin Hersh about her new album, her busy family life, and what it was like being in a rock band, Throwing Muses, at age fourteen. Kristen Hersh's new album is called Sunny Border Blue.

Our rock critic reviews Rockford, the new album by the rock band Cheap Trick, who were best known for their late 70's pop-rock hits.

Members of the classic funk-soul band Earth, Wind & Fire tell Ed Gordon about the group's latest CD, Illumination.

Lead singer/guitarist Pat DiNizio and drummer Dennis Diken from the band The Smithereens. Their new album, Meet the Smithereens, is a track-by-track homage to the Beatles' Meet the Beatles.

Contract negotiations between Broadway producers and the musicians' union are stuck over how many musicians must be employed by each show. Producers are threatening virtual pit bands. Musicians are threatening to strike. Jeff Lunden reports.

Christian rockers Jars of Clay have sold 5 million albums since their 1995 debut. Their latest album, The Eleventh Hour, is just as spiritual as their previous efforts, but the message is more complex and subtle. The band talks with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday. (13:00)