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DJ Cindy Howes says the music coming out of the city goes beyond the sports bar rock bands that many people might expect.

Linda talks with guitarist and singer Bob Mould, who began his professional music career in the early 1980s with a punk band called Husker Du (WHO-sker-DOO). Since the break-up of Husker Du in the late 1980s, Mould has released three solo albums and several more albums with an aggressive, electric trio called Sugar. For his most recent album called "Bob Mould" - Mould wrote all of the music, sings all of the lyrics and plays all of the instruments. The album is available on Rykodisc. (8:30) (IN S

Jazz mucisian JAMES MOODY. His new CD, "Young At Heart" (Warner Brothers) is a collection of Frank Sinatra tunes. Just after World War II, MOODY joined the bebop big band of Dizzy Gillespie and played with Milt Jackson. His most famous recording is of an improvisatory piece he performed in 1949, now known as "Moody's Mood For Love." In the new CD, MOODY performs as vocalist, tenor/alto/soprano saxist and flutist. Some of the selections include "Love and Marriage," "Nancy," "Only the Lonely" and "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning." (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

Music Critic KEN TUCKER reviews the CD "The Voice of Tony Burrows." It is released by Varese Sarabande Records.Burrow''s rode up the charts during the British invasion. The CD is a collection of hits by Burrow''s who was known for spinning out hit after hit in the late 1960''s and early 70s under a different name or bands.

2: Poet, musician DAVE ALVIN, is best known for his songwriting and guitar playing for the Blasters and the influential punk band X, as well as his solo career. He has a collection of his poems and writings called, "Any Rough Times Are Now Behind You,"(Incommun

Noah Adams talks with members of The Sevens, who call themselves a "Celtic groove band." They play for dances and occasional concerts in New England. Members are Sarah Blair, Mark Roberts, Liza Constable, Mark Hellenberg, Stuart Kenney. They traveled to Vermont Public Radio's studio in Colchester for this interview. We hear a bit of contra dance music and complete versions of I Truly Understand, and Miss Otis Regrets. (22:00)The group's CD is The Sevens, on Newgrange Records, available at http://www.efolkmusic.com. You can e-mail the group at TheSevens@efolkmusic.com.

World music DJ Betto Arcos grew up in the Mexican state of Veracruz, where he learned a homegrown brand of Christmas music. He introduces NPR's Arun Rath to a few of those songs by bringing a four-piece band into the studio.

Johnny Hiland grew up in rural Maine, where he quickly established himself as a guitar prodigy and toured with the family band. He has recorded with Ricky Scaggs, Toby Keith and Randy Travis... and now he has his own solo CD, showing off his mastery of the Fender Telecaster.

British musician Jarvis Cocker founded the band Pulp at age 15; he made international headlines in 1996, when he stormed the stage in protest at a Michael Jackson concert at the BRIT awards in London. Lately he's been reunited with his father, who left the family when he was a child, denounced American Idol-style TV talent shows, and released a solo album, called simply Jarvis.

Dick Dale is the man known as "the King of the Surf Guitar." He launched surf rock in 1960 with his band, the Deltones. Four of Dale's early albums are being re-released by Sundazed Music: King of the Surf Guitar, Checkered Flag, Mr. Eliminator and Summer Surf.