Music

It is not a marching song. It is not necessarily defiant. It is a promise.

What happens in the brain during musical improv? Researcher Charles Limb scanned the brains of jazz musicians to find out.

Drummer Clayton Cameron tells a story about how his math skills helped him impress the godfather of soul, James Brown.

Percussionist Clayton Cameron continues his thoughts about the relationship between math and rhythm and why the number three "feels great."

The Red-Headed Stranger has a new memoir out, titled It's A Long Story. On a tour bus in Thackerville, Okla., Nelson explains to NPR's David Greene why no one can tell him what to do.

"The idea was not to tear him down, nor was it to put him on a pedestal," says director Brett Morgen. Instead, executive producer Frances Bean Cobain told Morgen to "make it honest."

"After reading so much rubbish written about me over the years, it became obvious that I had to just tell it like it is," Lydon tells NPR's Arun Rath. Lydon just wrote his memoir, Anger Is An Energy.

You just can't stick a modern mouthpiece on an antique saxophone and get the right sound. The answer could be in the lab.

Ben E. King, best known for the classic soul song "Stand By Me," has died at 76.

McKay's new album My Weekly Reader is a collection of covers of songs made famous in the 1960s. The range of material is wide — from the Beatles' "If I Fell" to Frank Zappa's "Hungry Freaks, Daddy."