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Music and the human brain. A neuroscientist and opera singer guides us through the science of how and why music moves us.

Through 16 turbulent and celebrated years leading the pop-punk band Paramore, Williams insisted she'd never make a solo album. Then life showed her that she was a different person than she'd known.

Kevin Olusola, beatboxer with the Grammy-winning Pentatonix is out with a debut solo album, Dawn of a Misfit, blurs the divide between classical music and hip-hop and is a testament to the joy and freedom of resisting labels.

A year ago, doctors told the Grammy winner he had less than a year to live. The new The Gospel According to Water, his most poignant album ever, is another second chance in a career full of them.

Check this blog throughout the day and evening for updates and photos from NHPR reporters and contributors in the field. We'll be covering eight candida...

Ahead of the release of Perfume Genius' fifth studio album, two NPR Music writers discuss how Mike Hadreas' career has helped set a new standard for the exploration of movement and identity in rock.

The majority of Ohio's volunteer fire departments are staffed by volunteers. While the number of volunteers is decreasing, the number of calls those departments have to respond to is increasing.

Central Ohio voters will decide on several ballot issues this fall, including Columbus City Council, Columbus school board and several major levies.

Author Sarah Hepola once got so drunk before a presentation that she didn't remember it the next day. She wrestles with her reasons for drinking in her memoir. Originally broadcast July 30, 2015.

On her latest album, Dedicated, Carly Rae Jepsen opens up about family, singlehood and the one that might've got away.