On Memorial Day, remembering jazz banjo hero and oral historian Danny Barker--who played with everyone from Louis Armstrong to Wynton Marsalis--in his own words.

A conversation with the mountain guitar legend Doc Watson who recently celebrated his 75th birthday.

Sounds of the South in words and music: The Tennessee Williams Festival...add your voice to the Stella-calling contest (friends and family of Marlon Brando are prohibited from participating). Also, a talk with country singer Steve Earle with his life and the writer's craft.

A tribute to Mother in music--with postcards to Moms wherever they may be.