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Bob Gaudio wrote most of The Four Seasons' hits, some of which are compiled in a new anthology. He tells Fresh Air about the band's history, including why its songs had some "anger" in them.

Author Bill Janovitz shares a listening guide to the songs that sum up the Rolling Stone's tumultuous and far-reaching career.

James Brown is featured in the new biopic Get On Up. In '80s and '90s, Terry Gross talked with his biographer and two musicians who played in his band. And in 2005, she talked with Brown himself.

Today's Sense of Place: Iceland session features Arnalds, who creates sweeping neoclassical music.

DJ Cindy Howes says the music coming out of the city goes beyond the sports bar rock bands that many people might expect.

Scientists named a silky ant species from Venezuela: Sericomyrmex Radioheadi. The website Phys.org reports the scientists wanted to honor members of the band Radiohead for their conservation work.

A Maryland chicken gave his fowl musical instruments. A video on YouTube shows three chickens pecking away at a xylophone, keyboard and some drums. The newly minted band is called the Flockstars.

Jokgu the chicken uses her beak to tap out "America The Beautiful." Shannon Meyers says it took about two weeks for Jokgu to learn. For more on Jokgu's work, check out her band: The Flockstars.

With his quartet, Sex Mob, he's just released a new CD called Diaspora Blues. Last year, the band released a CD paying homage to the music of James Bond films. It's called Sex Mob Does Bond and is the sextet's third album. Bernstein also heads two other groups: Diaspora Soul, which specializes in performing versions of ancient Jewish melodies, and Millennial Territory Orchestra, with which he explores jazz from the 1920s and 1930s. This interview first aired November 21, 2001.

Liane Hansen speaks with folk singer Geoff Muldaur about his new cd, Password (on Hightone Records). The singer was in the Jim Kweskin Jug Band in the 60's and was married to Maria Muldaur -- while Maria went on to her own successful solo career, Muldaur dropped off the radar for years, but recently started recording again. Muldaur also plays a selection on guitar in our studio. (17:48) {NOTE: Geoff Muldaur's new CD, Password, is available through Hightone Records, catalog # 8125}