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Beirut's Zach Condon is only 19, but his music brings to mind sights and sounds from older eras in other places. Created without guitars, Beirut's Gulag Orkestar instead incorporates an orchestra full of mandolins, ukuleles, violins and glockenspiels.

Billy Bragg has been one of England's most politically active singer songwriters since the early 1980s. He now celebrates his long career with a comprehensive box set, Billy Bragg Volume 1.

President Bush acknowledges a difficult road ahead, but in a speech which sought to link success in Iraq with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, he set no timetable for a possible withdrawal of U.S. troops. Bush spoke in primetime from Fort Bragg, N.C.

The gospel group Quincy Jones calls "the baddest vocal cats on the planet" makes a joyful noise in celebration of Thanksgiving. Group members talk about their long and successful career and perform songs during an in-studio interview in Nashville, Tenn.

The Chicago band Lesser Birds of Paradise, known for its hushed and pastoral folk music, takes "You Are My Sunshine" out of the American songbook and slows the classic to a crawl. Left to a hypnotic trance, the words take on significant new meaning.

Just one great highlight in a seamless set, Grupo Fantasma's "Oye Mi Cumbia" — with its blaring trumpets and funky rhythm section — clearly illustrates the raw power that the group brings with it, whenever and wherever it's on stage.

As Evangelicals' singer hits the warbling chorus his brooding devolves all the way into madness. Yet the song marries those moods with moments of catharsis that wash away the angst in an instant.

The boundary-smashing singer returns with a "Spanglish folk-soul" album about love, violence against women, and the immigrant experience.

In Sonnymoon's "Just Before Dawn," Anna Wise's ethereal vocals float across a palpitating soundscape. "Every night, you should have someone to hold," Wise sings, "to tell you that you did okay when your mind is against you."

Drummer Johnathan Blake tackles Robert Glasper's "Canvas," and in the process gives it a renewed sheen.