A new Johnny Cash song got NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich thinking about music released after a beloved artist dies. Check out "Well Alright," plus new music by Arooj Aftab and Tems on 8 Tracks.

Mother Road'/>Watch Grace Potter perform at the 30A Songwriters Festival.

"I'm not playing with persona," St. Vincent says of All Born Screaming. "It's a really a record about life and death and love. That's it. That's all we got."(Image credit: Alex Da Corte)

Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield talks about writing her latest album, Tigers Blood, from a place of happiness and peace.

The Nashville-based musician modeled her latest album as a video game journey, complete with a character named Miss Freedomland.(Image credit: Cole Nielsen)

Redbone's hit cracked the Billboard Top 5 this month in 1974. It was a first for a band with all Native and Mexican American members — but the song itself had a quietly political message, too.(Image credit: Sandy Speiser)