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The band draws on jazz's dance with silence and a love of Talk Talk's later records, all of which hum through the new single "Performance."

In just a few years, Daniel Mueller-Schott, 28, has succeeded in establishing himself as one of the most in-demand cellists in the world. The musician performs a bit of Bach in NPR's Studio 4A.

The Los Angeles-based band refurbishes an enigmatic, but entrancing piece by the late Julius Eastman, whose music is enjoying a well-deserved resurgence.

Hear some of the action from the nail-biting final rounds of the 78th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. This year, 273 kids came to Washington in the hopes of winning the competition.

Sen. Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist hearings in 1954 inspired Leonard Bernstein's 1956 comic opera "Candide."

The shooting occurred outside a megachurch on the outskirts of Ames, according to the Story County Sheriff's Office.

Hear the acclaimed classical singer put an exquisite twist on a deep cut from the troubled singer-songwriter Connie Converse.

How do we recruit and retain our educators?

Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst is a gifted and prolific songwriter. Oberst chats with Bob Boilen about the new CD and shares some of his favorite songs.

A month on, parts of Fort Myers are still without power or water.