Cyprus Avenue

This week's Cyprus featured the music of American rock icon Jerry Lee Lewis, aka The Killer.

This week Cyprus featured the music of Jimmy Cliff, from the songs of 1972's The Harder They Come to those from his new album Rebirth.

This week, Cyprus celebrates the music of Texan Sam Baker in a repeat broadcast of this previous episode.

This week on Cyprus Avenue, several new releases from overlooked artists spanning four decades. Below, the playlist for Bill Shapiro's survey of his favorite tracks from The Blasters, Rodriguez and more for this episode of Cyprus Avenue.

On this episode of Cyprus Avenue, celebrate 50 years of the Rolling Stones with a collection of their greatest hits.

This week on Cyprus Avenue: Break-up songs. Bruce Springsteen and Richard and Linda Thompson give us their musical take on heartbreak.

This week, Cyprus Avenue is a repeat of the June 30 episode featuring the work of Texan singer-songwriter Sam Baker. You can find that playlist here.

This episode of Cyprus Avenue features the music of blues, rock, jazz and soul queen Etta James, the Matriarch of R&B, who passed away in January of this year.

This episode of Cyprus Avenue features the music of reggae master Bob Marley, along with the Wailers, that is featured in the new documentary Marley, which is about Bob Marley.

This week's show features the songs of Sam Baker. Raised a West Texas Baptist, Baker's songwriting style has been compared to Leonard Cohen's.

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Paul Simon's classic recording, Graceland, on today's Cyprus Avenue.

With The King's career on a steady decline since his last U.S. #1 single in 1962, many thought his reign was effectively over. But then...he came back in a 1968 NBC television special.

The show was the highest-rated special of the year.

British songstress Helen Shapiro had an usually deep voice as a young child, earning her a nickname, Foghorn, from her schoolmates. By the time she was 14 in 1961, she had a UK #3 hit with her first single, Don't Treat Me Like A Child.

This week's show was a re-broadcast of early April's show featuring Madeleine Peyroux.