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Hear five pioneering examples of women who composed for and directed their own groups.

The original man in black: Johnny Cash; alt-Country from Uncle Tupelo; the wait is over for new Wilco; Muswell Hillbilly and The Kinks, and more.

"Cornettology" slyly alludes to several of Coleman's compositions without quoting them outright.

Earle's "Look the Other Way" is a funky evocation of misery — blues for driving with the top down.

Thao Nguyen of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down wants you to know she really doesn't care what critics say about her music. But in a new video to promote her band's latest album, We The Common, the singer decides that one writer has gone too far.

David Broza's specialty is turning poems into songs. Townes Van Zandt, the great Texas songwriter, left Broza some of his unpublished poetry, and the Israeli born singer worked them into songs. On Mountain Stage, Broza plays songs from Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt.

As sweet strings, handclaps and a well-placed mandolin propel "Rio" along, Hey Marseilles singer Matthew Bishop dispenses an endearing ode to world travel, adventure and the promise of faraway places.

The trumpeter's legendary sound and bravado dwarfed his 5'6" frame. Known as "Little Jazz," and later just "Jazz," his nicknames befit his devotion (five decades) to the art form. Celebrate his centennial with five of his fieriest early performances.

Hear the iconic pianist play a wide range of music, from Brahms and Gibbons to Schoenberg and Strauss.

The bright and bouncy dance track adds a new color to the Maryland-born rapper's production palette — but the song's energy belies its lyrical content.