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Measha Brueggergosman is a young soprano on the rise. Her major label debut, Surprise, features offbeat cabaret songs by Satie and Schoenberg. She describes the CD as "classical music letting its hair down."

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) made a musical splash Memorial Day weekend in a performance with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra; it was later posted in a video clip on YouTube. Alexander performed a few tunes at the piano in NPR's Studio 4A.

The White House meeting took place four days afterelectors met to make Joe Biden the president-elect. A faction that pushed the former president to fight that outcome clashed with Trump's advisers.

For weeks at a time in the early '90s, musicians from around the world converged on the rocker's Real World Studios to meet, mingle and make music. Sixteen years later, the fruits of their experiments are now on record.

There are many gifted jazz singers, and there's no shortage of accomplished acoustic bass players. But 23-year-old Esperanza Spalding's new album features both her soaring, flexible vocals and the low-end thump of her double bass.

In his visits to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week, President Biden will aim to keep the oil flowing and lock in progress on the Middle East's simmering conflicts.

In the '90s, Barenaked Ladies' biggest hits were bouncy, playful songs like "If I Had $1,000,000" and "One Week." Snacktime!, the new children's album from the alt-rock band, finds Barenaked Ladies bantering irreverently, as usual.

The committee will seek out answers to who mobilized extremist groups at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

He was one of the most promising pianists of his generation when a 1953 plane crash ended his life at the age of 31. But thanks to an enterprising Australian music lover, a new two-CD set captures Kapell at the peak of his career.

In the late 1970s, D.C.-based band Urban Verbs was destined to be the "next big thing." However, after two albums, Urban Verbs was dropped from its label. This weekend, the band reunites for one show only at the 9:30 Club. Guy Raz speaks with the original members.