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Artist Gloria DeArcangelis likes moody, thoughtful music in the background while she does her paintings. She's the latest participant in our series "What Are You Listening To?"

Country legend Loretta Lynn joins forces with rocker Jack White for a soulful new CD, Van Lear Rose. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Lynn.

Astronomer Ian Griffin of Baltimore, Md., is the guest on a new edition of "What Are You Listening To?" His musical selections range from Bruce Springsteen to themes from 1960s British TV shows. NPR's Steve Inskeep listens along.

NPR's Susan Stamberg takes a mid-year pause to reflect on the centennials being marked in 2004. Her list of individuals and institutions making their debut in 1904 includes actors Cary Grant and Sir John Gielgud, Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and the New York subway.

The a cappella group The Persuasions decided to do an album of Grateful Dead songs. As "The Dead" have been icons of sub-culture since the mid 60's, and have inspired more than one generation of devotees (Deadheads), they knew that covering the harmonies would not suffice. They would have to rediscover AND reinvent the music - both for themselves, and the audience.

The Chilean jazz vocalist makes a lasting impression at the Tiny Desk.

The minimalist English octet stresses a communal spirit in its Tiny Desk performance.

Thundercat is willing and able to shape-shift to fit into just about any box you show him, but he won't stay in there for long.

Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, has released a 2-CD career retrospective, Weir Here. The guitarist performs two songs and reflects on music and career with NPR's Scott Simon.

Ruthie Foster's new album, The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster, is the fifth since her 1997 debut, Full Circle.