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How to begin a musical about a barber who slashes his customers' throats and a baker who grinds up their corpses to fill her meat pies? If you're director Tim Burton, you start by raining blood from the skies.

The revered critic Greg Tate, an early and influential hip hop writer, has died. Tate grew up around intellectuals and developed a rabid curiosity about music, film, literature, theory and politics.

The basic phenomenon of speaking, expressing meaning in words — and also that of copying or recording what we hear — is laid bare before our eyes by artist Alvin Lucier, says commentator Alva Noë.

Long Lost Suitcase is not just Jones' story, but also the story of America's musical roots spreading to reach the whole planet, generation by generation.

Swing Lo Magellan, a new album from a band that always delivers the unexpected, has echoes of a familiar sound.

The American Southwest continues to inform Calexico's sprawling, cross-cultural indie rock, but here it's a more self-contained, even lonesome affair.

Kyle Craft's second album is full of unabashed odes to courtship, confusion and the timeless power of storytelling in song.

The Portland band's ninth album is a sprawling, sumptuous testament to Weird America.

When Mancari isn't playing with Brittany Howard in Bermuda Triangle, the singer-songwriter is making some of the most profound music in Nashville. Stream her debut album.

With her softly echoing guitar and slight strings, Byrne channels some ancient wavelength, then suddenly sticks a pin in the universal.

Latin rock is no boys club: From Argentina to Mexico, women are running much of the show. In this week's episode, Andrea Echeverri, lead singer of the Colombian band Aterciopelados, shares her picks for Latina women who rock.

A bright new star from South Africa, Yannick Ilunga doesn't need to be sonically tethered to his African roots to gather notice in rock and electronic-music circles.

A worthy extension of three tremendous catalogs, in which three great singer-songwriters sound enhanced and invigorated by the challenge of living up to each other's legacies.

Psychedlia meets funk in The Flaming Lips; A Pink Floyd cover from Ambulance LTD; Japan's imaginative Yoshida Brothers; Classic railroad songs from Furry Lewis and more.

This review originally aired on Weekend Edition on September 6, 1987. In the ephemeral world of pop music, the five years between Thriller and it's follow-up, add up to light years. The musical question is whether Michael Jackson's star still shines. Is Bad the new album, bad or good? Milwaukee, Wisc. high school student and music reviewer Geylin Polivka says the album suffers from overproduction and an overuse of synthesizers.

For the 31st anniversary of Hanukkah Lights, Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz revisit old favorites.

The passion that Andy Bey's singular, silken baritone instills will not be denied. He is a true original — a master of volume, rhythm, and shade. These recordings capture Bey at three momentous points along his musical journey.

Imran Khan, former star cricket player who used his fame to elbow his way into Pakistan's political elite, was arrested at a student rally. He is an eloquent and outspoken critic of Musharraf, and had been on the run from police after fleeing house arrest.

Some immigrant voters around the country just became citizens and are voting for the first time in this presidential election. They reached out to NPR's All Things Considered about their feelings on voting for the first time.

Comedian George Carlin has been dead more than 15 years, but AI George Carlin is out with "new" material.