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We visit the third annual Los Dells Festival in central Wisconsin, featuring Café Tacvba, Salt Cathedral, Ximena Sarinaña and Natalia Lafourcade.

Elizabeth Mitchell has taken old rock and folk favorites and made them new again — this time for kids. Her new album, You Are My Little Bird, invokes artists from the Velvet Underground to Woody Guthrie.

The legendary guitarist was performing at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Mich., 40 miles northwest of Detroit.

In his latest CD, Trailercana, Antsy McClain and his Trailer Park Troubadours poke fun at the collection of strange characters he knew growing up in Kentucky trailer parks.

Miami's soul music legend asks us to stop and see what's goin' down in this "Dizzy Dizzy World."

Singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis sprinkles her new CD with references to God, but she says she didn't plan it that way. "I think being broken-hearted is not the only thing you want to sing about," she says.

Dave Ambrose hosts an Internet radio show devoted to what he calls "unpopular pop." Among the artists he's listening to are Fiona Apple, Wisely and Jon Brion.

For many music fans, it has been hard to hear the dramatic stories coming out of New Orleans and not consider the city's rich culture. The city is steeped in music, a heritage that folklorist Nick Spitzer, who evacuated the day before Katrina hit, continues to celebrate on the air.

Legendary gospel singer Mavis Staples has a new CD of inspirational songs, including a tribute to the victims of the September 11 tragedy. NPR's Michele Norris speaks to Staples.

An annual mecca for jazz enthusiasts, the festival has featured legends like Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday. Hear Dan Morgenstern, Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.