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Many have heard Emiliana Torrini's voice, but few know that her vocals ended the movie The Two Towers. The Icelandic singer-songwriter has released a number of albums and is now getting her due. She performs a stripped-down incarnation of her new music in a session from WFUV.

Formerly half of the iconic country duo The Louvin Brothers, Louvin is the latest country war horse to see his career resurrected by well-meaning hipsters. Revisiting his gospel-influenced, early-'50s classic, "Great Atomic Age" neatly conjures up the twin menaces of nuclear angst and eternal damnation.

The accordion has traveled the world, and its sound has been altered by every culture it touches. Music critic Banning Eyre says Argentinean Chango Spasiuk takes lowbrow music from the countryside and transforms it into sophisticated urbanite fare. He reviews Spasiuk's new album, Pynandi Los Descalzos.

The Brooklyn band runs its own studio, where it records and holds underground shows. The Mugs recently brought an intriguing musical blend to KEXP's New York studio, where its members showed off their layered voices and horns.

Portico Quartet's "The Visitor" mixes the flavor of indigenous percussive music with a heady, chamber-jazz rigor, creating sounds both ethereal and musically solid.

The ceremony starts at 8 p.m. ET.

Braxton was an actress and singer who released albums in 2014 and 2018, with the singles "Last Call" and "Broken Things" her best-known songs.

Nocturnal rodent, the Stephens' kangaroo rat, was on the endangered species list but this month it was reclassified as threatened.

Former Republican Majority Leader Tom Delay is the first politician to compete on Dancing With The Stars. In Monday night's season premier, Delay and his partner Cheryl Burke scored a 16 out of a possible 30 from the judges, and then viewers got a chance to vote.

Even when skies appear clear of smoke, authors of a new study say leftover smoke particulates can continue to impact the atmosphere for more than a week.