Feature: The Sensitive Female Chord Progression

Boston Globe: Striking a chord

Bonus! Audio only

American Idol makes us all crazy

MSNBC.com: ‘American Idol’ turns viewers into loons

5top: Songs you didn’t hear on the radio in 2008

MSNBC.com: 5top songs you didn’t hear on the radio in 2008

Surprising revelations to be found on Johnny Cash's At Folsom Prison Legacy Edition

NPR Monkey See: "I Said, 'I Shot A Man In Reno.' Hello? Anyone?"

Ani DiFranco, "The Atom"

NPR Song Of The Day: Beyond Mankind In 'The Atom'

Stephen Colbert and Elvis Costello, "There Are Much Worse Things To Believe In"

NPR Song Of The Day: A Heartfelt Holiday Song?

Harry Connick, Jr. (at the Colonial Theatre)

Boston Globe: Connick brings holiday heat to a cold winter's night

Seriously, again with Heroes?

NPR Monkey See: The Long Line Of Heroes Grievances Gets Even Longer

Mercury Rev, with Dean & Britta (at the Paradise)

Boston Globe: Overwhelming force from Mercury Rev

Tori Amos, "Winter" (live)

NPR Song Of The Day: A Star, Born In An Hour

Feature: Caithlin De Marrais

Boston Globe: This is her 'Magic' moment

Taylor Swift: Can she sing?

NPR Monkey See: Hey, Has Anybody Noticed That Taylor Swift Can't Sing?

Jason Aldean, with Lady Antebellum and Eric Durrance (at the Lowell Memorial Auditiorium)

Boston Globe: Aldean aims for a heavy-metal hoedown

Ancient counterparts to modern comedy

NPR's Monkey See: "A Nymph, a Naiad and a Satyr Walk Into A Bar..."

Dido, Safe Trip Home

Boston Globe: Dido safely makes it home - finally

Roger Ebert Loses His Mind

NPR Monkey See: Roger Ebert Has Gone Nuts. Please, Nobody Stop Him.

Deerhunter, with Times New Viking and Vivian Girls (at the Paradise)

Boston Globe: Sharply crafted songs come from inside Deerhunter's noise

The Decemberists, with Loch Lomond (at the Orpheum)

Boston Globe: Decemberists play it loose, raucous, and rockish

Jolie Holland, with Herman Dune (at the Remis Auditorium, Museum Of Fine Arts)

Boston Globe: Holland's humor saves the day

The Colbert Conundrum

NPR Monkey See: Your Principles Or Your Obsequiousness: Which Would 'Stephen Colbert' Choose?