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Actor-musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won an Oscar for Best Original Song, "Falling Slowly," in the film, Once. The movie, about two musicians who write songs together and fall in love, is out now on DVD.

In July, thousands of NPR's All Songs Considered listeners cast votes for their favorite songs of 2009's first half. Bob Boilen, the show's host, discusses the results and plays some of listeners' favorite songs with NPR's Melissa Block.

Fresh off a four-year stint in politics, the singer-songwriter returns with a new album. Laru Beya pays tribute to the culture Aurelio championed in the Honduran congress: the Garifuna of Central America, whose traditions may be in danger of dying out.

The bluegrass legends played in NPR's studios, and spoke to host Melissa Block.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 10 marks each Memorial Day with a ceremony at their monument in Cincinnati's Eden Park.This year's speaker was David…

A new album features the late Ray Charles playing with the Count Basie Orchestra, but Charles never actually recorded with the group. The tracks were mashed together by an audio engineer who used to play with Charles.

You probably know it as such a happy song. But Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera," as performed by Pink Martini, might make you feel downright blue. The band explains its take on the 1956 classic.

The former Calle 13 vocalist and the roqueros from Kansas City discuss their new albums and how they channel their passions about the world into music.

Some of today's best world music acts spring from the discovery of an obscure passion. For brothers Zac and Ethan Holtzman, leaders of the band Dengue Fever, it was 1960s Cambodian pop music.

A double-length collection of high points from the group's summer shows demonstrates how the Dead's songs can actually live and breathe when the conditions are right.