!["When we experienced [the bike generators] for the first time in 2012, it rewired my brain in how I understand my use of electricity," says Illiterate Light member Jake Cochran, pictured.](http://wfdd-live.s3.amazonaws.com/images/story/How-rock-duo-Illiterate-Light-bring-sustainability-to-live-performance-1081172273-1645115413.png)
How rock duo Illiterate Light bring sustainability to live performance
Using the energy of audience-powered generator bikes for live shows, the Virginia duo connect to their audience and the Earth.
Music & Culture
Sea shanties, revisited: Maine couple resurfaces works thought lost to time
After a decade of research, a couple from Maine has just published a book of seafaring folk songs rarely heard in the last 80 years.
World Cafe 30th Anniversary Playlist: 2008
Debut albums by artists like Adele, Vampire Weekend and Lady Gaga — plus albums by established artists, including TV On The Radio, Kings Of Leon and Beach House — made 2008 a great year for music.
Jazmine Sullivan, 'Hurt Me So Good'
A bonus Heaux Tales track, "Hurt Me So Good" narrates the perils of staying in a relationship bad enough to make you question your worth but just good enough to make you stay despite the drama.
Tomberlin, 'happy accident'
In the new single from her forthcoming album, Sarah Jane Tomberlin levels up in an epic examination of ambiguity.
Bappi Lahiri, the king of Bollywood disco, dies at 69
Lahiri famously brought a disco vibe to India's biggest film industry. He composed dozens of hits in the 1970s and '80s — which appeared in many top Bollywood movies.
How a jazz legend's resting place was lost and found, 50 years after his tragic death
Though the trumpeter Lee Morgan was killed in 1972, his legacy was well maintained. At least it seemed so, until one fan discovered last year that Morgan's gravesite seemed to have vanished.
Marvin Gaye's 1973 hit single helps monkey get it on
In order to encourage mating among an endangered species of monkeys, a park in England brought in a Marvin Gaye impersonator to perform and put the monkeys in the mood to get it on.
Snoop Dogg and Kelly Clarkson to host a U.S. version of the 'Eurovision Song Contest'
NBC's American Song Contest will feature live performances representing all U.S. states, territories and Washington, D.C., with viewers voting for the best original song.
Sure, 'Encanto' has fun songs and a sweet story. But Germaine Franco made it groove
She's the first woman to score a Disney animated feature, and a history-making Oscar nominee. But most importantly, Franco is a drummer, who brings a jam-band attitude to a by-the-book industry.