Flea turns jazz trumpeter on his first solo album at the age of 63, and brings in his old Atoms For Peace bandmate Thom Yorke.

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R.E.M. joined a long list of artists when they began covering Wichita Lineman on tour in 1994 and finally released it as a B-side two years later.

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Courtney Barnett introduced herself, and her quirky individual sound, with the song Avant Gardener back in 2013.

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Terry Cox was the drummer with British folk-rock pioneers Pentangle, who also played on landmark albums by David Bowie and Elton John.

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I just stumbled across this great performance by a band called Tappi Tíkarrass, featuring an all-too-familar face and voice from Iceland.

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Tiwayo is a wealth of contradictions: a young Frenchman singing classic soul tunes in the world-weary voice of an old bluesman.

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Maisy Owen is a young singer-songwriter from Nashville, who plays finger picked guitar and has earned comparisons to some of the folk greats.

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U.S. Girls is the stage name of Meg Remy, whose latest release is the score for the film Dead Lover. This is its central theme.

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Wayne Perkins was one of those Zelig-like music figures, a brilliant guitarist who pops up on records everywhere but never became a household name.

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Patti Smith made her debut with this 1974 single pairing an improvised version of Hey Joe with her autobiographical poem Piss Factory.

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