With Valentine's Day just around the corner, the hosts of NPR Music's Alt. Latino share Latin love songs from a time-honored tradition.

Cocker has one of the most recognizable voices in rock. The British balladeer discusses old demons and a new album.

For Van Etten, her ever-evolving music has been a way to combat shyness and social anxiety.

The comedian and digital director of The Onion talks about his new book How To Be Black. Also, Stew takes us inside his latest album Making It and Ken Tucker reviews a new album by Leonard Cohen.

Born and raised in small-town Texas, Foster spent time in both New York and the U.S. Navy Band before settling back in Austin. Her new album, Let It Burn, features a mix of originals and covers, plus some stirring collaborations with The Blind Boys of Alabama.

One capital of soul in the 1960s? Muscle Shoals, Ala., a fly-speck on the map which spawned some of the era's greatest recordings, via productions in Rick Hall's Fame Studios. Rock historian Ed Ward has their story.

The prolific ex-Beatle discusses songwriting, marriage and his 17th solo album, released earlier this week.

Alice and Burt Swersey say the composer helped pave the way for their five decades of marriage.

The instrumental duo's new album, Area 52 , was recorded in Havana with a full Cuban orchestra.

It's no coincidence that composer Philip Glass and This American Life host Ira Glass have the same last name: They're second cousins. On today's Fresh Air , we replay excerpts from an onstage conversation between Ira and Philip in honor of the latter's 75th birthday.

"At the Mouth" incorporates metallic chaos, swarming blast beats and woozy guitar fractals.

The composer who changed the landscape of American music says he finally knows what he's doing.

Stew's new album Making It is, in part, about his relationship with his ex-girlfriend and songwriting partner, Heidi Rodewald. The two musicians, who continue to work together professionally, also collaborated on the 2008 Tony-winning musical Passing Strange.

The duo wrote original music for a sparkling new restoration of Le Voyage Dans La Lune , Georges Melies' groundbreaking science-fiction film.

The British singer's new album, Soul 2 , is a collection of reimagined R&B classics from the 1960s and '70s. He says, however, that his personal definition of soul has less to do with genre than with a songwriter's intent.