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Fresh off a four-year stint in politics, the singer-songwriter returns with a new album. Laru Beya pays tribute to the culture Aurelio championed in the Honduran congress: the Garifuna of Central America, whose traditions may be in danger of dying out.

The Brooklyn band gives traditional Jewish cantorial music a modern edge with a swinging horn section and rock beats. But the unlikely invitation to play a major music festival in Mali — a Muslim country — inspired the band to record a new album, The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. I.

Named for the Cincinnati neighborhood where the band used to live, Over the Rhine is husband and wife Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist. For more than 20 years, the two have written lyrics that they hope connect on a universal level.

The singer's powerful vocals, which have been compared to those of Edith Piaf and Maria Callas, grab the listener's attention. But in an interview with Lynn Neary, she says her instrumentation and image complete her art.

The a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been singing the story of South Africa for more than 40 years. On its latest album, the group has recorded an album of Zulu songs traditionally sung by parents to their children.

The folk duo discusses Grey's Anatomy, their relationship and what's next.

The Broadway veteran tells Scott Simon how her experiences with love and celebrity have fundamentally changed her approach to singing.

The singer-songwriter's newest record, Tell Me, was inspired by stories of heartbreak. But at 21, with two albums and many life experiences under her belt, Mayfield isn't always the one getting her heart broken.

On the new album The Hills Are Alive, the group overhauls Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic by putting its own influences on shuffle mode.

The bilingual singer-songwriter from Guatemala floats as easily between Motown, folk and jazz as she does between Spanish and English.