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Day to Day producer Christopher Johnson reports on the new documentary Moog, profiling the inventor who created one of the world's first and most influential electronic music synthesizers.

If jazz legend John Coltrane has disciples — musical or otherwise — chief among them would be his widow, Alice Coltrane. Now, after a 25-year hiatus, she's back with a new CD, Translinear Light.

Dan Flavin took an everyday object, found in most stores, homes and offices, and made it extraordinary. The late artist used fluorescent lights of varying lengths and colors and arranged them to create light sculptures. NPR's Susan Stamberg visits an exhibit of his works at the National Gallery of Art.

The German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Web site -- which offers information in myriad languages -- by including a section in the Star Trek language Klingon. NPR's Scott Simon gets a review of the otherworldly pages from linguist Mark Okrand, who created the Klingon tongue.

Chanticleer, an all-male a capella group best known for its classical repertoire, has released How Sweet the Sound, its second CD of gospel music and African-American spirituals. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.

Singer Madeleine Peyroux moved to France at age 15, honing her vocal talents on the streets of Paris before making her recording debut at age 22. Eight years later she's back with a new CD, Careless Love. She speaks with NPR's Sheilah Kast.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow tells the story of a reporter and a hotshot pilot trying to save the world. The film's digitally created universe is both a nostalgic nod to the sci-fi serials of the 1930s and a stunning modernist vision. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.

Guitarist Ottmar Liebert made his name with music he dubbed Nouveau Flamenco — over the objections of the recording industry. The guitarist, born in Germany, says the music has more to offer than corporate labels can cover. We visit with Liebert for a performance and chat.

Actor Rodney Dangerfield, famous for his self-deprecating humor, died Tuesday at 82. After heart-valve replacement surgery Aug. 25 in Los Angeles, Dangerfield slipped in and out of a coma.

New York City firefighters were hailed as true heroes in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. But some families of fallen African-American firefighters feel their loved ones had been overlooked. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates talks to filmmaker Lillian Benson about how she memorialized those men in her documentary All Our Sons: Fallen Heroes of 9/11.