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Knox Farm State Park is hosting the first ever Borderland Music and Arts Festival this Saturday and Sunday. It’s something organizers hope becomes an…

As part of NPR's summer jobs series, Patty Murray reports from Door County, Wisconsin on the Peninsula Players. Professional actors and college students share meals and cabins all summer while putting on five plays. The director casts people willing to be "good campers" while appreciating the opportunity to concentrate on their craft among the pines by the lake. (5:00) Music played one minute before the hour: "Some Cow Fonque" from the CD "Buckshot LeFonque" by the band of the same name, headed by Brandford Marsalis, copyright 1994, Sony Music Entertainment.

Linda talks with Gustavo Santaolalla (goo-STAV-oh santa-o- LAYA). He plays the Charango (cha-RANG-o), a 10 stringed ukelele sized instrument. Gustavo is also a record producer in the rock en espanol movement. The lilting melodies of the charango and the agressive rock music, would seem in conflict, but for Gustavo its the conflicts that make great music. The charango cd is called RONROCO on the Nonesuch label. As a producer he has also recorded MOLOTOV, a Mexican rock en espanol band on his SURCO label.

of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Organizers compared it to Woodstock and predicted a quarter of a million people from church groups all over the country would attend -- but the crowd never got that big. Yesterday, Christian rock bands kept the kids entertained... today, the emphasis shifts from music to guest speakers like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.

Host Melissa Block talks with Swedish musician and New Orleans resident Anders Osborne about his new album, Ash Wednesday Blues. Osborne used to travel all over the world, but now he wanders from genre to genre in his music. Featuring the Dirty Dozen Brass Band's sousaphone player, his roots-rock is influenced by the lively and diverse music scene of New Orleans clubs.

The steel drum musical instrument was first created in Trinidad, hammered from biscuit boxes, brake drums and oil barrels. One of the biggest "steel pan" bands of the 1960s was the Esso Trinidad Tripoli Steelband, who gained worldwide fame when an unlikely patron heard their act and took them on tour. Lost and Found Sound presents a story of calypso music, steel drums and flamboyant pianist Liberace.

Several recent DVDs take up the history of punk music. Don Letts' Punk Attitude focuses on the ethos of teen rebellion, while All Dolled Up tells the story of the influential New York Dolls.

Commentator John Moe takes on the word "friend," a big word with a shifting definition. His band, Chicken Starship, has a MySpace page. And among the people listed as their friends are Elvis Costello, The Dixie Chicks, and Lucinda Williams. John knows that They Might Be Giants won't drive him to the airport -- but their friendship has to count for something.

OK Go's dance video for the song "A Million Ways" has become a sensation on the Internet... and it was never intended for public release. Robert Siegel talks with singer/guitarist Damian Kulash and his sister Trish Sie, who choreographed the dance.

The heart of the blues-rock group Heartless Bastards is Erika Wennerstrom, who wears hers on her sleeve. Her band's new album, The Mountain, features a bold, hard-hitting sound.