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The hottest place on Earth is as hot as it's ever been, at least in terms of recorded temperatures in modern times.

WBGO's Gary Walker chats with director Barry Avrich and producer Mark Selby about “Oscar Peterson: Black + White”, a documentary film making its television debut on February 15 on the Hulu Network.

A NASA astronaut and the Russian cosmonauts parachute-landed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday after a trip back to Earth from the International Space Station, in a rare instance of U.S.-Russia cooperation.

The international aid group says the cholera treatment center had clear markings and that it gave its coordinates to the Saudi-UAE-led coalition that carried out the strike. No one was hurt.

The Roches are Maggie, Terre and Suzzy — three sisters who have made their mark in folk music with quirky song lyrics and intricate harmonies. The trio has developed a loyal following over the past 20 years and today they perform a holiday concert live in NPR's Studio 4A.

Sun Kil Moon's Mark Kozelek is remarkably adept at crafting somber, epic ballads like the gorgeous "Lost Verses," which opens April. Affecting and engrossing in spite of its nearly 10-minute running time, "Lost Verses" fits seamlessly alongside Kozelek's best work with Red House Painters.

Explosions in the Sky's Mark Smith and Eluvium's Patrick Cooper combine their atmospheric sounds — one stormy and majestic, the other plaintive and evocative.

To mark the bicentennial of Giuseppe Verdi's birth, one of today's preeminent sopranos spins her favorite music by the master opera composer.

Blank Project still contains familiar pieces of Cherry's youth (the beats, the attitude, the knowledge), but they've been stripped of all inessentials, the mark of a wise and transient mind.

To mark the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth, commentator Rob Kapilow takes a look at "Träumerei,"one of Schumann's most quiet, introspective pieces.