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The plot thickens as Molly and Trini retrace their steps and discover more items missing!

This week on Destination Out, Mike features the music of contemporary South African bassist Herbie Tsoaeli, highlighting his new recording At This Point In Time.

This week on Destination Out, Mike features the music of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and His Great Lakes Quartet, along with tracks from Max Roach, Tomasz Stańko, The Blue Notes, and more.

This week on Destination Out, host Mike Johnston is featuring the works of John McLaughlin. We'll hear him playing alongside musicians like Joey DeFrancesco, Elvin Jones, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, and more.

NPR's Stephen Thompson reports on two new bands that are topping the Billboard charts despite being fictional K- pop groups from a new Netflix movie.

This week on Destination Out, host Mike Johnston features the work of saxophonist Jimmy Vass, spinning albums he appeared on in the 1970s with Ronnie Boykins on bass, Andrew Hill on piano, Earl Cross on trumpet, and Muhal Richard Abrams on piano.

This week on "The Juke Joint" broadcast Robert Barclay spins new releases from Bernard Allison, John Mayall, Bob Stroger, Eric Gales, Tinsley Ellis, Gov't Mule, Diunna Greenleaf and Bob Corritore. He also notes the birthday of Memphis blues man, Walter "Furry" Lewis.

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast Robert Barclay celebrates the centennial birthday of songwriter Doc Pomus. He shares interpretations of Doc's songs sung by Ray Charles, the Drifters, Big Joe Turner, Elvis Presley, the Coasters, Johnny Adams, Ben E. King and Dion & the Belmonts.

At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

A slim book about an everyday woman's life in South Korea became a runaway bestseller (and a movie), tapping into a growing feminism in this punishingly patriarchal country. It's now out in English.