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Cut Copy's Dan Whitford says he isn't afraid to take inspiration directly from music he loves.

The Metric singer returns with her first solo album in a decade — and another set of reflections too raw for the band that made her famous.

Traveling these holidays? Let a veteran balladeer and his merry masked band be your support group through snowy flight delays.

Many of the innovations in today's popular Latin music are coming from younger musicians in rock, hip-hop and electronica. NPR's Felix Contreras discusses new releases from Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Novalima and CuCu Diamantes.

This week, the South by Southwest music festival brings more than 1,700 bands to Austin, Texas, for a weekend that's all about volume in more ways than one. Narrowing down the seemingly limitless options isn't easy, but here are three acts likely to win some new fans in the coming days.

The Baltimore-based duo Wye Oak crafted a thunderous E.P. called My Neighbor/My Creator in the midst of last winter's onslaught of blizzards.

The sounds of Palestine combine with jazz and Latin funk in the New York band Shusmo. Frontman Tareq Abboushi performs songs from Shusmo's new album and discusses the music that has influenced his career.

Jonny Greenwood began as an underachieving viola student at Oxford. After years of crafting the iconic guitar sound of Radiohead, he's found his way back to the orchestra as a film-score composer.

The band's new album, Renmin Park, was inspired by songwriter Michael Timmins' three-month stay in rural China. The record features an adventurous combination of the group's laid-back sound with traditional Chinese music, modern rock and Timmins' own field recordings.

On this week's All Songs Considered, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis collaborate with fellow Seattle band Fences, plus new music from Frazey Ford, Spider Bags, Zola Jesus, GOAT and more.