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Rock stars have been known to try crazy things with a guitar. Kaki King doesn't light hers on fire, but she does pick the string of the guitar with both hands, while slapping the body in time. On her new CD, Dreaming of Revenge, she displays a new melodic sensibility with her own voice.

Unable to break out of the local music scene, Scottish rappers Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd adopted American accents and new identities as the rap group Silibil 'N Brains. In his book California Schemin', Bain tells the story of how an elaborate lie led to a $350,000 record deal and falling apart after five years of pretending he was someone else.

Almost 40 years ago, celebrated country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall surprised his record label by creating a children's album, Songs of Fox Hollow. Now, Hall has teamed up with some of Nashville's independent roots-music scene to remake the time-tested classic.

This brutally efficient five-song playlist serves as a soundtrack for when you want to leave your house, hurry to an on-ramp, roar down a short stretch of highway, and abruptly take the next exit to your extremely nearby destination.

The Philly group has crafted a densely textured third album, shot through with restlessness and singer Frances Quinlan's acrobatic melodies.

After more than a decade on the road, the prolific punk singer (of Swearin' and p.s. eliot fame) releases her solo debut in a bold attempt to unhitch love from nostalgia.

The great blues pianist and songwriter, now 82, swore off recording for more than a decade. And then Joe Henry approached him to make a new album, and didn't relent for a year. Here, the artist and producer talk about their collaborations on The Way of the World.

The young composer from Brooklyn battles stereotypes in classical music with her DIY aesthetic, her penchant for blending genres, and her new opera, Song from the Uproar, based on the early 20th-century adventurer Isabelle Eberhardt.

The group uses the beats of hip hop to inspire kids to create social change.

Musicians who have been publicly linked to Plácido Domingo and other major artists have been arrested in connection to an alleged Argentine crime ring, or are still wanted by police.