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Singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli's polularity can be credited to her combination of Sicilian influences and political awarness. Now, Consoli is taking on a different music market with the release of her first U.S. CD.

Tom Brosseau understands the sentimental pull of places — the way a building or a town can come to life in memories as vividly as loved ones do. He often sings about home as more than a bricks-and-mortar construct: It lives, breathes, feels, and dies.

Despite its success in Australia, You Am I has never made a dent in the U.S. But its new Convicts seems to suggest that other issues besides a failure to break through may explain the four-year delay since the band's last album, 2003's Deliverance.

In Sons and Daughters' "The Nest," Adele Bethel puts her Scottish accent to good use against a detailed backdrop. She sneers her way through a tale of adolescent disappointment with such a barbed tongue that it takes on the dread of gothic horror.

Sylvan Esso's Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn break down the components of their electro-folk sound and share songs by some of the other artists who've inspired them.

In honor of Valentine's Day, we asked for your ideal romantic songs. On this week's All Songs Considered, we count down the 10 most popular tunes that make you swoon.

NPR listeners cast thousands of votes for the year's best music and regardless of how the votes fell, it was an exciting chance to pause and look back on what an incredible year it's been for music.

The Richmond, Va., neighborhood of Fulton was once home to a large number of the city's middle class African-American families. But by the 1960s, it had fallen on hard times. A new album by bluesman Corey Harris pays tribute to the Southern neighborhood with a haunted past.

On this edition of All Songs Considered, we've got special sneak previews of some of the most anticipated albums of the coming months.

Prepare your skull goblets: Bob Boilen gets a doomy, crusty earful of the metal bands at Maryland Deathfest.