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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson picks new music for the hard-to-please on a host's shopping list.

Actor Jack Black plays a kindly, small-town funeral director who murders a wealthy millionaire in the new film Bernie. Black is also one-half of the comedy folk-rock group Tenacious D. Also, actor Hugh Laurie talks about playing Dr. House and critic John Powers reviews a surrealistic Russian novel.

A noted Chinese string quartet visits UB as part of its 20th anniversary celebration.By Bill Raffel, WBFOBuffalo, NY – Chamber musicians from opposite…

A summer tradition in Williamsville celebrates its silver anniversary.By Bill Raffel, WBFOBuffalo, NY – A favorite summertime concert series celebrates…

Christopher Kimball and Bridget Lancaster share cooking tips and secret shortcuts from America's Test Kitchen. Also, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black explains the research behind J. Edgar, and Ken Tucker reviews a new album from The Black Keys.

Adam "MCA" Yauch, one of the group's founding members, died Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 47. Fresh Air remembers the raspy-voiced rapper with excerpts from a 2006 interview.

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered outside Buckingham Palace Monday night for the Diamond Jubilee concert, celebrating the queen's 60-year reign. The Royal Family concludes four days of celebrations Tuesday, with a service at St. Paul's Cathedral.

Forced into exile from Sierra Leone, Nabay now makes his mysterious, mesmerizing music in Brooklyn.

In Kansas, there's been a battle between moderate and conservative Republicans over control of the state Senate. The state has moved in an increasingly conservative direction over the past two decades.

Chan Marshall's songs have traditionally been sad and sparse, pecked out on piano or guitar. Sun, her first collection of new songs since 2006, takes a different approach.