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Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter Lyle Lovett has defied categorization for nearly two decades, bringing together the sounds of folk, jazz, gospel, blues and R&B. Lovett talks about his influences, his inspiration and his new album: It's Not Big It's Large.

Chestnut knows how to conjure up a spirit of romance: Just listen to the jaunty jazz pianist's reinvention of "Love Me Tender" on his new CD, Cyrus Plays Elvis. It's a great example of how a gifted musician can take a sappy song and set it free.

Best known as the lead singer of El Chicano — a '70s rock group that mixed jazz, R&B, and Latin rhythms from East L.A. — Arvizu released her first-ever solo album, Friend for Life, this week. It exists in large part due to the influence of musician and producer Ry Cooder.

The singer warps and slurs her words, setting them against low, sullenly rumbling arrangements that sprawl and wander ambitiously across the sounds of blues, rock, jazz and soul.

KFPK's resident global-music DJ brings in a stack of new records that rework and re-imagine Afro-Cuban jazz, tango and other classic styles of Latin music.

Argentina's quirky, colorful Gaby Kerpel; Songs of sin and redemption from 16 Horsepower; The country libations of Doug Wamble; Ambient funk from Baltimore's Lake Trout.

Odd interpretations from Stolen Shack; Folk singer/songwriter Adrienne Young; A new retrospective from The Who; Neo-psychedelia from Circulatory System and more.

The Puerto Rican saxophonist's 10th album is a portrait of a band lost in thought with smiles on their faces.

The Magnetic Fields return with a new album, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Knife, Brooklyn Rider, Giant Drag and The Heligoats on this All Songs Considered.

Recognized as one of the most influential drummers of our day and the heartbeat of Afrobeat, Allen incorporated his innovative bass drum patterns in the music of Fela Kuti's revered band Africa '70. The 70-year-old musical giant continues to make music today.