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The beloved indie rock band returns.

Noting Shostakovich's 100th birthday on Sept. 25, we begin a week of Shostakovich exploration with Leon Botstein, Laurel Fay and Valery Gergiev.

In the year since Katrina struck, the musicians of New Orleans have struck back with their art, celebrating the city's life before the storm and bemoaning its fate. We have chosen ten songs that convey their spirit, their spunk and their commitment to Crescent City.

In a concert with the Baltimore Symphony, cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays Bruch's arrangement of the "Kol Nidre," a Hebrew melody performed during Yom Kippur services. Yuri Temirkanov conducts.

July 23, birthday of Ethiopia's late emperor, Haile Selassie, is a holy day for Rastafarians, celebrated with feasts, prayer and a musical style called Nyabingi. Ras Michael blends Nyabingi and reggae.

For fans of Courtney Barnett, Sharon Van Etten and Beach House.

On the rhapsodic opener to its sixth album, the Japanese dream-pop outfit looks to the cosmos.

Cuba's President Fidel Castro has resigned, saying he will not seek re-election after 49 years in power. NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten discusses the 81-year-old's reign as the world's longest ruling head of state, and the significance of his resignation.