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On "Stigmatized," the German thrash metal band still has plenty of thundering riffs to deploy.

New music from Bruce Springsteen; Live from the Fillmore: Lucinda Williams; Joseph Arthur gambles on Tara Angell; The Irish folk group Altan; A Broadway musical from Monty Python and more.

The passionate sounds of Lucinda Williams R.L. Burnside sings of hard times and bad luck and more.

The week of Thanksgiving, NPR Music producer Stephen Thompson completed a daunting task: He listened to nothing but new holiday CDs for an entire 18-hour drive. The trip yielded prizes and punishments, and even a minor Christmas miracle.

Below are the 20 most mentioned songs from both listeners and reviewers with randomly selected comments from some of those who picked them.

The magic hour with Wynton Marsalis; A bit of blues from The Mountain Goats; The lo-fi world of John Vanderslice; New music from Chicago's Tortoise and more.

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, as well as National Poetry Month. Hear five songs that were originally written as poems to be read, not as lyrics to be sung. Each jazz artist here transformed a poem into lyrics that fit his or her particular style and phrasing, and then composed music to round out the interpretation.

Biden's remarks, delivered at the Gulf Cooperation Council as he closes out the final leg of a four-day trip, come as the region braces for a potential confrontation with Iran.

Broadway musicals of the 1960s were surprisingly good at explaining complicated economic matters. Before tourists took over the Great White Way, the "tired businessman" was the target audience. These four songs are particularly illustrative of the kind of vaudeville mixed with corporate-speak that the businessman favored.

It's hard to keep your cool when life's little annoyances pile up. So channel all that rage into a kickboxing-intensive workout with these five hard-hitting, fast-paced songs. Strap on the gloves, get to the punching bag and blast the volume. It's time to get into fighting shape.