Big Thief has a new album, as does Zach Top, a young country singer with roots in old country. And the Icelandic-Chinese singer Laufey brings a classical-music and jazz influence to her pop songs.

This week's show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Laufey and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Adam Burke, and Peter Grosz. Click the ...

"I was ready to do anything to get my voice to be heard," she says. "I knew that the first step to that was trying to get out of Iceland and see if ... perhaps my voice would resonate more in the big ...

This is FRESH AIR. There's a lot of new music being released this fall, and rock critic Ken Tucker has chosen to showcase new songs by three very different acts. Big Thief has a new album, as does ...