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The NPR Music team shares a few of its favorite work-related tracks in honor of Labor Day.

A revered group delivers perfectly balanced performances of three string quartets Haydn wrote to "sell" his music to a much wider public.

The Canadian musician discusses dealing with setbacks — including a health scare and an unpopular album — and how he channeled his energy into his new album, Forever Endeavour.

Forty-five years ago, the bodies of two young black men turned up, brutally mangled, in a tributary of the Mississippi River. In a new book, author Harry MacLean explores the trial of reputed Klansman James Ford Seale for the murders decades later — and Mississippi's continued struggle with its racial history.

The Expendables 2 director Simon West says he never gets tired of watching the cult British film Withnail and I. "It's just very funny and very well-written," he says.

In our new community cooking series, share your strange and surplus foods with each other — and more importantly: Get and give advice!

The pianist's massive technique makes short order of Rachmaninov's most difficult concerto.

The band's leaders say Antibalas relies on two factors to play well: tropical temperatures and a relaxed pace. The ensemble's latest album is simply titled Antibalas.

In a sign of continued tense relations, the U.S. says China declined the request for a phone call between top defense officials

The winter storm will bring "a large swath of heavy snow from the West Coast to the Northeast" this week, the National Weather Service says.