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NPR Topics: Music Listen to new music, podcasts, live concerts and studio sessions. Watch video sessions. Read interviews with musicians and music reviews. NPR covers the best new songs from rock, pop, folk, jazz, urban, world and classical music. Gabriel Kahane: Leader Of Indie Lieder 5 Sep 2008 at 2:05pm A singer and composer, Kahane blends wry personal stories with complex brass and string arrangements, and mixes it up with both classical musicians and indie rockers. He performs live from his forthcoming self-titled album. The Gaslight Anthem: Revisiting Sounds Of '59 4 Sep 2008 at 6:44pm The Gaslight Anthem's new album, The '59 Sound, is filled with narratives that recall and refer directly to Bruce Springsteen's early works. Music reviewer Tom Moon says that it's one of the year's great surprises. A3: From 'The Sopranos' To Joy Division 4 Sep 2008 at 6:49pm The band formerly known as Alabama 3 strips down its roots-meets-dance sound with just two acoustic guitars and voices. The trio plays and talks about its Sopranos success song and plays a country death ballad version of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Young Jeezy's 'Recession' Pushes Hope 4 Sep 2008 at 6:34pm On his new album, Young Jeezy uses his motivational rasp to raise the spirits of people facing rising gas prices and unemployment rates. Though he's not a great rapper by traditional standards, the young Atlanta MC pads his raps with what he does best: big, clunky punchlines and inspirational refrains. Thao Nguyen's Tiny Desk Concert 4 Sep 2008 at 6:05pm Thao Nguyen makes captivating music. Her songs are raw and infectious, her voice has a distinctive swagger, and she's a remarkably nimble guitarist. Nguyen's songs come from very real and jarringly honest places. The singer-songwriter stopped by NPR's offices recently to give an intimate performance at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. Paul Weller Counts Off His '22 Dreams' 4 Sep 2008 at 6:28pm British pop icon Paul Weller has described his new double-disc album, 22 Dreams, as "a year in my life." It tracks Weller's course through the changing seasons. The former frontman of The Jam performs his kaleidoscopic pop music in a session on World Cafe. Michael McDermott On Mountain Stage 4 Sep 2008 at 4:19pm The Chicago singer-songwriter went from making hit singles to winding up in the same Cook County jail that his father once occupied. He performs songs from his latest record, musing on his addiction, incarceration and hope for redemption. Double Header: Arturo Sandoval And Cyrus Chestnut 4 Sep 2008 at 6:04pm Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and his Afro-Cuban band show some Miami style while pianist Cyrus Chestnut sets the direction for his show with the title "Spirituals to Swing." JazzSet mixes these two concerts from January 2008, recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano: Live At The Village Vanguard 3 Sep 2008 at 8:48pm Paul Motian, Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano are all towering figures of modern jazz. They also happen to have played together for more than a quarter-century. They convene once again at the club where they sell out weeklong engagements every year. Elizabeth Cook On Mountain Stage 3 Sep 2008 at 8:01pm Hearing the country singer should be enough to prove that her vernacular rings true. But she also has a family history that's the stuff of true country music. She performs from her latest album, Balls, live on Mountain Stage. Tego Calderon: Reggaeton On Black Pride 3 Sep 2008 at 8:28pm Reggaeton is the biggest-selling genre of Latin music. Its blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin rhythms has been criticized as simplistic, violent and misogynistic. But the Puerto Rican artist and others use the form to celebrate "blackness," something rarely heard in Latin America. Jeremy Messersmith: 'Franklin Avenue' 3 Sep 2008 at 7:01pm It's hard to listen to The Silver City, the new CD from Minnesota chamber-pop artist Jeremy Messersmith, without thinking of Sufjan Stevens. Both artists have similar voices and a love of richly orchestrated story songs. They also find inspiration in geography. Glen Campbell: A Rhinestone Cowboy Returns 3 Sep 2008 at 5:02pm Rhinestone Cowboy, Glen Campbell has reinvented himself with his new album, Meet Glen Campbell. Rethinking rock's greatest acts, Campbell arranges the songs of Tom Petty, The Velvet Underground, and U2, which he has recorded at the age of 72. Hear Campbell's renditions when he stops by World Cafe with host David Dye. 'Shall We Tango' With Helen Sung 3 Sep 2008 at 5:59pm The Houston-born pianist studied classical piano and was accepted into a select group at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance. To preview her concert on JazzSet, here's a performance of "Shall We Tango," recorded live. California Dreaming Winner: An L.A. Sound-Song 3 Sep 2008 at 7:22pm Day to Day asked artists to send their musical takes on the California Dream. Among dozens of submissions, one track stood out because of its unique approach: The instruments are urban sounds. Quinn Kiesow spent 80 hours piecing together an array of noises to make "Los Angeles." Newsfeed display by CaRP