Music

• Ray Manzarek, Founding Member Of The Doors, Dies

  The keyboardist founded the band after meeting Jim Morrison in California. The Doors went on to become one of the most successful rock 'n' roll acts of the 1960s. Manzarek, 74, died in Germany. The cause was bile duct cancer.

• Aesop Rock And Kimya Dawson Showcase Their Strengths

  As The Uncluded, the two cancel each other's weaknesses — Dawson gains heft, while Aesop Rock lightens up. Critic Robert Christgau says the collaborative album is almost like two halves of a whole.

• Loudon Wainwright III On Mountain Stage

  The singer-songwriter gives a unique and unexpectedly personal performance, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va.

• Mohammad Reza Shajarian: Tiny Desk Concert

  Joined by three excellent collaborators, Shajarian gives what amounts to a brief master class in the art of singing. In the course of this love song, titled "Az Eshgh," the Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring, goosebump-inducing sound that's still perfectly controlled at age 73.