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Jonathan Coulton parodies some of the band R.E.M.'s most famous songs, rewritten to illustrate common dream experiences. Nighty night!

Local heavy-rock icons Electric Citizen are about to release their 3rd album Helltown on RidingEasy Records.Helltown, in a way, provided the band with a…

Inspired by the 1980s band from Phoenix, Arizona, we rewrote the Mr. Mister hit song "Broken Wings" to be about things...with wings.

Noah talks with Carl Finch, a founder of the group "Brave Combo," whose album "Polka for a Gloomy World" has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Polka category. The Grammys are tomorrow night. Finch says that one main goal of his band's music is to "destroy people's misconceptions about what's cool in music." IN STEREO

Charles de Ledesma reviews a new compact disk called, "Duality," by Lisa Gerrard (jair-ARD) and Peter Bourke. Gerrard comes from the band Dead Can Dance and Bourke is from Soma. "Duality" combines traditional rhythms with modern electronic sounds. "Duality" is in stores now on the 4AD label.

Daisann McLane reviews the music of Chico Science and Nacao Zumbi , a Brazilian group whose two CDs are now available in the US. The band is a huge hit in their hometown of Recife but the music is wild - and can't be pigeonholed, so it's not widely played, even in Brazil. (IN STEREO)

Jacki Lyden speaks with Stephen Ulrich (UL-rick) and Paul Dugan DOO-gan), 2 members of the instrumental rock band "Lazy Boy". Their debut CD, Amnesia" (on Tasankee Records) features evocative "secret-agent"-type guitars hat evokes images of the great guitar groups of the 50's and 60's.

The latest CD by former J. Geils Band frontman, Peter Wolf, is infused with country and rhythm and blues. Reviewer David Greenberger says the new album, Sleepless, establishes Wolf as a master of songwriting. Sleepless by Peter Wolf is available on Artemis Records, 751125-2.

Host Bob Edwards talks with producer, composer, and arranger Quincy Jones. In the second segment of this interview (first segment aired yesterday), Jones recalls his successful efforts at producing pop hits after a career that began in jazz big bands and be-bop. (8:38

Little Charlie and the Nightcats stop by to play a few cuts from their latest album and talk about their music with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday. They're a hardworking jump blues band in the tradition of James Cotton and Little Walter. The new CD is That's Big. (17:48)