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Born Alejandro Rose-Garcia, Shakey Graves career began as a one-man show as a busker for the Edward Sharpe and the Mumford &Sons Railroad Revival Tour in 2011. He released his solo debut album Roll the Bones album that same year. He quickly evolved as an artist and was signed to Dualtone Records, after which he formed his band which led to the release of the 2014 LP, And Then the War Came. In 2015 he won Best Emerging Artist at the Americana Music Awards. Since this time he has produced several more records, including Can’t Wake Up, which came out in 2018, and the Look Alive EP which was released in 2020. Shakey Graves is on tour now in support of his latest album, Movie of the Week. He’s going to be playing in Toronto at Massey Hall on November 11th.

Gina Schock is primarily known as the hard-hitting drummer of The Go-Go's. It's 2023, the Go-Go's have iconic status. Gina is now a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. However Gina is multifaceted - Drummer, songwriter, singer, actor, photographer, author, and producer. In her many years of being in the business, she has written for artists such as Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Alanis Morrisette, Carnie, and Wendy Wilson of Wilson Phillips, and many others. Gina has also written and produced for many up-and-coming artists, always keeping her eye on young talent. Her newly published book "Made In Hollywood" covers her love of photography with so many behind-the-scenes photographs of her band with stories that only Gina could tell. Gina is hilarious, a real straight shooter, and really down to Earth. She is the real deal. And opens up to Karl Shallowhorn about her life and relationships in this fantastic interview.

Check out local shows for June 20 through June 26, including By Divine Right, David Cloyd, and Curtis Lovell.

Gen. Robert Neller will step down as Marine Corps commandant this fall. In a wide-ranging interview, he talks about Russia and China, cyberwarfare, female Marines and sexual assault in the Corps.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has nominated a four-star general to take command of U.S. forces in Iraq. Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. would replace Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. Colleagues say Casey has demonstrated the ability to work closely with U.S. diplomats, a skill that will be needed in Iraq when the U.S. embassy goes into business in July. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

The Alt.Latino and El Tiny host shares his favorite records of the year, including jazz musicians from across Latin America as well as vocalists inspired by folk, rock and pop whose work defies genre.

The Princeton Review's guide to colleges comes out Tuesday. Colleges fiercely compete to be No. 1 for most of the categories in the guide. That's not the case for the dubious distinction of top party school in the nation.

To Lam, who oversaw police and intelligence operations at a time when rights groups say basic freedoms had been suppressed, was confirmed amid a major reshuffle of the country's top leadership.

See what albums NPR listeners picked in our year-end poll for the best music of 2013.

Musician, singer, songwriter, author, and documentary filmmaker. He was the drummer for rock band Nirvana and founded the alternative rock band Foo Fighters, for whom he is the singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter.