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Heavy snow, sleet and ice are making travel conditions treacherous across the region, stretching from Houston into the Florida panhandle.

The South Bronx bandleader took the Latin genre to new heights while recording for Fania Records.

Well ahead of a celebratory Central Park concert announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio for August, New York City's venues are coming back in June for vaccinated audiences.

If Steely Dan's new album sounds familiar, it's because it features the distinctive style of smooth but funky jazz that Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have brought to their music for more than 30 years. NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews the duo. Hear songs from Everything Must Go.

He's kicking off a concert tour with a full orchestra. The band he founded, Genesis, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And, at age 60, Gabriel has just released Scratch My Back, on which he reworks great pop songs across the ages.

Shakespeare references, a cappella intermissions and sprawling 10-minute tracks aren't what first spring to mind when thinking about punk albums. But most punk albums aren't remotely like this one.

No One Knows About Persian Cats tells the story of Iranian musicians trying to put together a band in a country where heavy metal, rock and hip-hop are illegal. The film won two prizes at last year's Cannes International Film Festival, and opens in this week in the U.S.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews a tribute album to country-folk singer John Prine -- with covers by bands including My Morning Jacket, the Drive-By Truckers, The Avett Brothers and Deer Tick. Tucker also listens to Prine's new live album, John Prine: In Person & On Stage.

When Memphis musician and producer Jim Dickinson died in August 2009, his sons Luther and Cody spent the following months writing and recording an ode to their father. This month, their band The North Mississippi Allstars released Keys to the Kingdom.

After two decades out of the studio, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady stick to familiar sounds on their new album as Hot Tuna, Steady As She Goes.