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Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are flocking to Rio's most famous beach to celebrate Independence day - and a military display with an ominous undertow ahead of next month's election.

Black Francis, frontman of the Pixies, is trying his hand at literature. He's co-authored an illustrated novel based on the world's first pornographic film, a 1908 production called The Good Inn.

Loretta Berning remembers her father and a cherished Victory Vertical piano made during World War II for our StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative.

The album balances clarity and grit in a way that highlights Isbell's competing halves: On one side, he's an immaculate old-school songsmith; on the other, he's a rebel with ragged edges.

In a transitional period between different groups with Miles Davis and Anthony Braxton and his fusion band, Return to Forever, Chick Corea recorded a series of solo piano improvisations in 1971. Those recordings and a 1983 follow-up have been reissued in a three-CD box set.

The London trio, led by Shabaka Hutchings on reeds, liberates itself from received jazz wisdom, let alone any form of decorum.

In the liner notes to his new album, Ghost on the Canvas, Campbell writes that it's the last studio record he plans to make after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the album "has a melancholy air of valedictory about it."

Listen to Me is a pan-generational tribute featuring Natalie Merchant, Ringo Starr and more.

Fresh Air remembers the life of Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter discovered by R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe in the '90s. Chesnutt recently collaborated with Guy Picciotto of the band Fugazi on his latest album, At the Cut. Chesnutt died Dec. 25; we hear excerpts from his Dec. 1 conversation with Terry Gross, and reflect on his life with Stipe, Picciotto and filmmaker Jem Cohen.

With Folkways curator Dan Sheehy as a guide, Alt.Latino explores how the music of West Africa has influenced Latin America and the Caribbean.