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Jones has been working double-time this year. He joins Linda Wertheimer to discuss a new memoir, tracing his life from a Welsh coal town to 20 years of superstardom — as well as a new album.

The singer-songwriter, renowned for his hushed work, looked to his surroundings for inspiration on his new album, Local Valley.

NPR photographer John Poole took a vacation in New Zealand and brought back photographic souvenirs.

A sea squirt's chief claim to fame is that of a pest. It grows on boat hulls and pilings, pumping water in one hole and out the other. But an international team of scientists has recently seized on the squirt as a way to study the evolutionary history of humans and other vertebrates. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Playlist: Bob Dylan "Things Have Changed" The Wonderboy CD single — Bonnie Raitt "Two Lights in the Nighttime" Souls Alike — Taj Mahal "Corrina Corrina" Best Of Taj Mahal — Special Live on World Cafe: Dar Williams "Two Sides of the River" My Better Self

Forty years ago, two astronomers heard noise on a radio telescope that bolstered the Big Bang theory of the universe's origins. Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson recall their Nobel Prize-winning discovery.

The Balustrade Ensemble makes music from another time, but one that never really existed. It's an imaginary world of creaky floors, dusty furniture and sepia-toned landscapes illuminated by distant strings and tinkling music boxes. The music is largely instrumental with the angelic voice of Wendy Allen, drenched in reverb, occasionally drifting in. It's a sometimes spooky world but curious and entirely enchanting.

Released last month, Willoughby's I Know What You're Up To is an entirely alluring album with a decidedly retro vibe to it. Imagine a 1960s-era lounge, the sort that James Bond would casually visit for his shaken-not-stirred vodka martini, and you might start to get a feel for what frontman Gus Seyffert has created.

The 4-year-old black cat with green eyes escaped her cage on June 24. She eluded airport and airline personnel, animal experts and safe-release traps until Wednesday.

In addition to sharing a similar upbringing, brothers Roberto and Nathaniel Aguilar now have the same career trajectory as the two main players in the Florida-based band Dish. At a healthy sixteen tracks, Ma Raison De Vivre Ton Amour, is nearly an hour long, which gives these brothers the opportunity to explore and showcase their talents.

Houston Grand Opera presents one of music's greatest rarities — a successful opera based on Shakespeare. It's Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet, in a production starring soprano Ana Maria Martinez and tenor Ramon Vargas in the title roles.

The a cappella group The Persuasions decided to do an album of Grateful Dead songs. As "The Dead" have been icons of sub-culture since the mid 60's, and have inspired more than one generation of devotees (Deadheads), they knew that covering the harmonies would not suffice. They would have to rediscover AND reinvent the music - both for themselves, and the audience.

Children's book author Jon Scieszka shares his kid-friendly reading recommendations. His list includes an irreverent baby book, two great series, and the "Funniest. Stories. Ever."

Folk artist Mose Tolliver's subjects were nature, people and animals. His medium was house paint. His canvasses were cabinet doors and discarded table tops. His paintings put him at the forefront of the Outsider Art movement.

The Portuguese guitarist brings listeners into her journey of heartbreak.

“You live your passion and stuff happens... things that come as naturally as breathing, I just, I have to do them.” – Debbie Center Lake life inspires…

Every week we hear from area school kids and regular folks who are observant of the natural world around them as they report what they've noticed outside…

Tuesdays are special at Northern Community Radio. It's our day to really focus on what's going on in terms of climate and nature. During our talkback…

Phenology Talkbacks are an opportunity for our community to connect with the station thru nature… Each week listeners and students report observations and…

Each week we hear from regular listeners and classrooms around the region who are paying attention to the natural world around them. Resident phenologist…