Henry left the studio windows open during his recording of Reverie, which blends sonic naturalism with Henry's nuanced musicianship.

Adele has totally dominated the pop charts in 2011, but she's cancelled concerts for the rest of the year to have an operation on her vocal cords. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports on how singers get to the point where they need this kind of surgery, which singers from Julie Andrews to John Mayer have had in recent years.

14 years after pioneer Fela Kuti's death, a resurgence of Afrobeat — a fusion of funk, jazz and African music — has seen the genre come back bigger than ever.

Conductor Marin Alsop muses on the timelessness of France's national hero and her musical story.

The acclaimed singer-songwriter is also a best-selling novelist. Harding's latest album, The Sound of His Own Voice, is guided by his desire to make his contrasting impulses work together.

Hear live performances from The Little Willies, Feist, Amos Lee, Dawes, The Tedeschi Trucks Band, Rhett Miller, Indigo Girls and John Hiatt.