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Is the much-hyped sequel to Renaissance a country album? In many ways, yes — but it's also a sprawling collage of disparate references, while remaining a Beyoncé album at its heart.

Legendary banjo player and composer Béla Fleck has been a cross-genre leader for decades. Brooke Knoll speaks with Béla about first taking the banjo into orchestra rehearsals, improvisation in classical music and performing in Kansas City with his band of over 30 years, the Flecktones.

In 1959, Rollins was a few years into one of the great hot streaks in jazz history when he took a three-week trip to Europe. Three hours from that tour are heard on a new Rollins-approved reissue.

Hear the gorgeous voice of a young opera singer with his ears tuned to the great tenors of the past.

When "Buckshot La Funke" appeared on a Louis Smith record, you may not have known it was actually Cannonball Adderley. Record contracts of yesteryear (and some today) buried exclusivity clauses in the fine print. But musicians have to eat, so they would record under other names, like the five included here.

When Coleman's imprint of fire-brazed melodicism strikes you, you may very well have his tunes stuck in your head all night long.

Throughout the '80s and early '90s, John Zorn and Bill Laswell were at the epicenter of extreme music. Hear five bands that take the ferocity of '60s free jazz and match it with pummeling death metal.

Exercise and sport are sometimes seen as antithetical to classical music, but there’s a lot to be gained by maintaining a workout regime, with health benefits transferable to music making.

South African cellist and composer Abel Selaocoe talks about his new album "Hymns of Bantu," which highlights the healing power of song across cultures.

Julie Blackmon's 'Lot for Sale' // 'The Road is All' by Ingrid Stölzel