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At the Tiny Desk, the pop trio preached the importance of joyful revolution.

The School of Rock in Mason is founded on the principle that the best way to learn music is to play music.The faculty of The School of Rock is associated…

Zachary Green, CEO of MN8 FoxFire, and a Wyoming volunteer firefighter, has found new uses for "glow-in-the-dark" technology and is marketing them…

With very little fanfare, Prim has released one of the best local pop recordings of the year. When you take time to consider the roster of talent in this…

Actor/Comedian ROBERT WUHL (Wall) talks with Terry about his new HBO comedy series "Arliss." It is about the life of Arliss Michaels a high powered Los Angeles sports agent. The cable sitcom began airing last month and airs Wednesday nights. If the name doesn't strike you...He was Larry in "Bull Durham," Alex Knox the investigative reporter in the movie "Batman" and was fellow D.J. Marty Driewitz in the film "Good Morning Vietnam." He also had parts in "Flashdance," "Bull Durham," and "Wedding Band."

Chris Harbaugh, a mail carrier from Chantilly, Va, shares his favorite tunes with NPR's Steve Inskeep. Harbaugh prefers good songwriting -- less focus on guitar solos or bare navels, and more emphasis on the lyrics and the mood of the music itself.

Tyler, The Creator performs three songs from his latest album Flower Boy -- and pulls off (at least) two Tiny Desk firsts in the process, while maturing beyond his class-clown image (mostly).

Musician, producer, arranger, composer Quincy Jones has a new autobiography, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones, (Doubleday) and a 4-CD boxset collecting his work, Q: The Musical Biography of Quincy Jones (Rhino). In his fifty year career hes worked with just about anyone who is anybody in the music business. As a teenager he played backup for Billie Holiday, along with his 16 year old friend, Ray Charles. At 18 he began playing the trumpet in Lionel Hamptons band beside Clifford Brown. He went on to work with Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Lesley Gore and many others. He wrote the theme songs for the TV shows Sanford & Sons, and Ironside, and music for the films In Cold Blood, For the Love of Ivy, and The Pawnbroker. His biggest commercial success was producing and arranging Michael Jacksons 1982 hit album Thriller.

The Swedish sister act got its start playing feather-light folk-pop confections. But Stay Gold is a statement of staying power; a collection of bright, smart, substantial songs that stick around.

On this week's All Songs Considered, we hear a preview of some of the albums we're most excited about this summer.