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If you're not a fan of MP3s, you can listen to most of NPR Music's Austin 100 in this Spotify playlist.

On this week's episode, listen to the inimitable Scottish folk singer who covers Robert Burns, a Celtic balladeer and an Irish folk singer who adds contemporary twists to traditional songs.

It was dark during the day as a total solar eclipse traveled from Oregon to South Carolina. See highlights from the phenomenon's journey along with NPR journalists and others experiencing the eclipse.

Hear new songs from artists from both sides of the Atlantic, including Socks in the Frying Pan, Mary Z. Cox and The Truckley Howl.

Hear music inspired by the forbiddingly beautiful landscape and turbulent history of the Debatable Lands, the border country between Scotland and England.

The musical links between old world and new come alive in this 2010 episode of The Thistle And Shamrock.

After fading into obscurity, the Celtic harp made a steady resurgence beginning in the 1970s. Listen to the harpers that started this gentle revolution.

Republicans have been complaining about deficits forever. This was their big chance to do something. Why didn't they?

Join host Fiona Ritchie as she uncovers the deep roots across several generations that run under a family tree of songs from the British Isles and Ireland to the Southern Appalachians.

Democrat Doug Jones upset Republican Roy Moore in yesterday's special election in Alabama. NPR political editor Domenico Montanaro discusses what this means and what happens next.