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The long-running jazz festival is set to go on this weekend for the 55th year. As always, new talent will be there — including these emerging vocalists. Artistic director Tim Jackson breaks down some of the performers he picked.

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.

The story of the funeral in "Death Sucks" is true; only the name of the deceased has been changed. Singer Mark Bates opted for a fake name ("Uncle Freddy") to protect the privacy of the dearly departed, but otherwise, his composition offers an honest and darkly funny account of his day at a close relation's funeral.

On Sentir, the Israeli singer-songwriter pulls disparate influences into a cohesive whole. Drawing from her own family background, Levy blends flamenco with the music of the Sephardic Jews.

A new collection, titled Demos, features a series of demo recordings of mostly solo songs by David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills, as well as a track from Neil Young. Listen to the album in its entirety.

If you witnessed or helped conduct an execution in the United States, reporters at NPR would like to talk with you.

On today's Planet Money, the owners of a pet hedgehog talks about why they spent nearly $2,000 on its cancer treatments, and an economists reveals his trouble with insurance for pets or people.

The iconic singer of "Killing Me Softly" has the condition also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a representative has announced. For Roberta Flack, it is now "impossible to sing and not easy to speak."

In 2013, detective Bradley Marr of Louisiana was investigating a murder. Forensic scientist Lauren Pharr Parks and detective Marr share how vultures helped crack the case.

The agency's preliminary review determined it was unintentional as the contractors worked "to correct synchronization" between databases.