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The intrepid champions of new music from around the world bring a lullaby, some rare blues and a recent work by The National's Bryce Dessner to the offices of NPR Music.

The members of Time for Three seem like just three dudes in a band. But with their staggering technique and freewheeling genre-crossing, it's hard not to be swept up in their contagious energy.

The supergroup of contemporary Blue Note Records artists — names like Robert Glasper, Lionel Loueke and Ambrose Akinmusire — gather together for a program of originals and Blue Note classics.

The trumpeter brings the biggest and boldest iteration of his genre-agnostic "stretch music" concept back to his old school in Boston. Watch his new band perform live.

The charismatic conductor first heard Stravinsky's rambunctious music when he was just 8. Watch him lead the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela live on Thursday night.

Musician John Doe of the L.A. punk band 'X' joins Canadian band the Sadies to perform songs from their new album Country Club, covering classics from Merle Haggard to Tammy Wynette.

Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles are a Boston-area quartet raised on punk rock and country music. Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews their new album, The Stars Are Out.

The new CD Bach in Havana, from the Miami-based Cuban group Tiempo Libre, blends Bach melodies, from pieces such as the Mass in B minor and the Well-Tempered Clavier, with infectious Cuban rhythms including the cha-cha-cha, the son and the danzon.

Kellaway is known for his eclectic sensibilities and his prolific musical contributions. The pianist discusses his album of jazz versions of tunes from the Bobby Darin songbook, as well as his award-winning Heroes album, which pays tribute to the great piano trios of bygone days. Host Marian McPartland joins him on "I Found a New Baby" and "I'm Beginning to See the Light."

Diana Krall's latest album is dominating the market for sultry Brazilian tunes. But reviewer Tom Moon recommends an alternative: the U.S. debut album of Magos Herrera, a Mexican-born jazz vocalist with a gift for understatement.