Three years ago, British soul singer Adele turned heads with her hit “Chasing Pavements,” from an album called “19.” Earlier this year she released a followup album called “21.” The 2011 Mercury Prize nominee joined us back in February to talk about reflecting on a year in her life, and to perform live in the studio.

Since recording her debut in 1992 as PJ Harvey, the English singer-songwriter and guitarist Polly Jean Harvey has recorded an eclectic string of albums, no two of which sound the same. Her latest is called “Let England Shake.” It’s an epic, if unsettling affair about the wars fought by her native country – and their casualties. The 2011 Mercury Prize nominee joined us in April to talk about the album.

A would-be Woodstock in the Hamptons has been derailed by lackluster ticket sales. Organizers behind the Music To Know Festival, scheduled for this coming weekend in East Hampton, announced on Saturday they were canceling the two-day indie rock festival.

Bobby Bare, Jr. wrote songs with Shel Silverstein. Bare, Jr. saluted the poet with a tribute album called Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein. Download the country crooner's "Sad Smile" here.