Natalie Merchant

Natalie Merchant's new album, Keep Your Courage, is her first collection of original material for nine years. William Dart places it in the context of the American singer's fascinating career. Audio

American Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant thought she would never sing again after spinal surgery three years ago. The operation involved surgeons having to make an incision in her throat and move… Audio

Music critic Amy Raphael first wrote about sexism in the music industry in her 1995 book 'Never Mind the Bollocks: Women Rewrite Rock'. She's revisited the subject 20 years later in her new book 'A… Audio

The Kronos Quartet are known for their genre-busting releases of contemporary classical music, world music and the crossover landscape between. Their latest release turns to traditional folk songs and… Audio