Merle Haggard reflects on hopping freight trains and becoming a musician Haggard, who died in 2016, spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about his love of trains. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car. Now that coach is part of the Virginia Scenic Railway. Terry Gross
Natalia Lafourcade channels her mystical side in her new album 'Cancionera' Mexican singer and songwriter Natalia Lafourcade has a new album out this week called Cancionera. In it, she draws from folk influences and embraces her mystical side. Alejandra Marquez Janse
Mike Scott of The Waterboys discusses their new album 'Life, Death & Dennis Hopper' NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mike Scott of the Scottish band, The Waterboys, about their new album, "Life, Death & Dennis Hopper." Scott Simon
OK Go reflects on 20 years in the churn of video virality Damian Kulash of OK Go reflects on the band's decades of creating elaborate one-take viral music videos. Alejandra Marquez Janse
More than a decade later, OK Go is back with a new album The new album from OK Go, called And The Adjacent Possible, is the band's first in more than a decade. Alejandra Marquez Janse
Actor David Tennant does it all, from 'Doctor Who' to Shakespeare to podcasting The Scottish actor played Doctor Who for five years, and has been the lead in many Shakespearean plays. His podcast, David Tennant Does a Podcast With... is now in its third season. Sam Briger
Tracy Chapman on re-releasing her self-titled 1988 debut album on vinyl NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Tracy Chapman about standing the test of time and the re-release on vinyl of her self-titled 1988 debut album. Ryan Benk
Jason Isbell confronts the pain of divorce, and the possibility of new love Jason Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on his latest album Foxes in the Snow. "What I was attempting to do is document a very specific time where I was going through a lot of changes," he says. Terry Gross
Bryan Ferry and Amelia Barratt discuss 'Loose Talk,' their new spoken word album NPR's Scott Simon speaks with musician Bryan Ferry and artist Amelia Barratt about their new spoken word album, "Loose Talk." Scott Simon
Why Lucy Dacus had to destroy her old life to create the album 'Forever Is a Feeling' Singer/songwriter Lucy Dacus's new album Forever Is a Feeling features music written about "falling in love, falling out of love." She adds, "You have to destroy things in order to create things. And I did destroy a really beautiful life." Michel Martin
