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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Will Gold of the band Lovejoy about their latest EP, "Wake Up & It's Over."

Niagara Falls isn’t just a wonder of nature—it powers millions of homes with renewable hydropower.

A new four-disc compilation presents recordings Armstrong made for Verve in 1957. Critic Kevin Whitehead says the album includes a wealth of alternate takes, warm-ups and rehearsal sequences.

Good music is good music, and it eventually breaks down all barriers. This week we've got Mexican bluegrass, Venezuelan retro and a Honduran crooner who makes beautiful music in Canada.

Big Thief has a new album, as does Zach Top, a young country singer with roots in old country. And the Icelandic-Chinese singer Laufey brings a classical-music and jazz influence to her pop songs.

The most popular video on YouTube has no lip-synching Chinese teenagers, no babies falling over, no drunk cats: It's Barack Obama's speech on race. So far, the Obama speech has been clicked on 1.6 million times and has drawn more than 4,000 comments, ranging from "awesome" to "no, we can't" to "Barrack to the Future!!"

The band released a special vinyl version of their new album — made with real human tears for "maximum emotional fidelity." Bassist Pete Wentz collected his own tears to be shipped off to a lab.

Cory Winn rented the billboard in Murray, Utah, to read WEEZER in comic sans font. A photo of the sign on social media caught the band's attention, and it rented a billboard in Murray to say thanks.

WBFO The Bridge is an official showcase sponsor of North by Northeast (NXNE) , Canada’s most important music festival of emerging artists! The festival begins on Tuesday, June 14 and runs through Sunday, June 19 in Toronto. The Bridge will have its own performance space on Saturday, June 18 at Supermarket ( 168 August Ave. in Toronto ). We're bringing four artists with us to the festival: Stress Dolls , FARROW , AIRCRAFT , and Grace Greenan.

BTS isn't just one of the most popular bands in the world. It's also bringing billions of dollars to the South Korean economy.