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Producer Taki Telonidis and Reporter Hal Cannon of the Western Folklife Center tell the story of the repatriation of a lock of hair from Chief Big Foot, the leader of the Sioux band that was massacred soldiers of then U.S. Cavalry at Wounded Knee in 1880. Chief Big Foot's lock of hair was taken by a white trader and given to the Massachusetts Historical Society where it remained until this summer when it was retuned to land of Chief Big Foot's people.

NPR's Athena Desai reports on up-and-comers OK Go, who are charging out of the Chicago scene and touring the country with their unique brand of power pop-rock. Radio host Ira Glass says the group is "like a boy band that got seduced by Queen and wound up in college instead of Orlando." They recall the melodic greats of the '70s and '80s, and provoke thoughts about the state of rock and roll today.

Fresh Air Producer AMY SALIT interviews singer ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO. He''s formerly with the band True Believers. ESCOVEDO is esteemed for his songwriting ability and described as "poet of the ordinary event." His new solo release is "With These Hands," (Ryk

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Sleeps with Angels," the latest collaboration between Neil Young and the band Crazy Horse.

Singer/songwriter ELVIS COSTELLO. Previously with the band The Attractions, he later went solo. Since then he has performed and recorded with The Brodsky Quartet and jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. He's written about 300 songs. His new release is "All This Useless Beauty" (Warner Bros) which he recorded with The Attractions. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Recovering the Satellites" (Geffen) the new album by the San Francisco Band, Counting Crows.

Dan Zanes, former lead singer for the 80s rock band The Del Fuegos, reinvents himself with folk-influenced music for children. His new CD is called Night Time!. Zanes visits with NPR's Scott Simon.

NPR's Guy Raz reports that this past weekend some ten thousand European fans converged on Berlin for a country/western music festival. Germans -- long fascinated with the American West -- are among Europe's most avid devotees of country/western. {The festival this weekend featured German language bands, line dancing, and performers in Indian headdresses attempting to re-create Native American dances.}

British guitarist and vocalist Romeo Stodart of The Magic Numbers talks about the band's music. The other members are his sister Michele, and Sean and Angela Gannon (also siblings). In sound, they've been compared to early Beach Boys and the Mamas and the Papas.

NPR's Alison MacAdam tells the story of getting in touch with her best friend from kindergarten, Scott Hoffman, who is now a sensation in a disco-rock band called The Scissor Sisters. Hoffman explains how he uses music to fill the voids he felt growing up in Lexington, Ky.