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More than 85 million bottles of water are sold every day in the United States. Freshwater expert Peter Gleick explains what's in them — and why we drink them — in the book Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water.

A Muslim writer argues that a proper reading of Islam makes plenty of room for peace and human rights. Mustafa Akyol of Turkey calls himself a liberal — meaning that he favors a wide range of freedoms, including freedom of religion.

The bill no longer would force generations of veterans to prove that their illness was caused by toxic exposures suffered in the military in order to get VA coverage.

Staton has been a child gospel singer, a '70s Southern soul hit-maker and then a disco queen. She's just released her 27th album, Life Happens.

The last decade has seen a marked softening in Blonde Redhead's sound, to the point where the quietest moments on Barragán don't sound like songs so much as vapors infused with tunes.

The SoCal punk band's Smiths obsession makes for a confident, focused, 19-minute record that still gleefully indulges in pick scrapes and fast three-chord songs.

The Israeli singer has a compelling, unusual, wholly original voice. On Gold Shadow, his first official release in North America, he writes with passion and poetry.

A double-length collection of high points from the group's summer shows demonstrates how the Dead's songs can actually live and breathe when the conditions are right.

On this edition of All Songs Considered: Swedish pop artist Mapei; the young Australian rapper Remi; Berlin-based trip-hop artist Perera Elsewhere, and Russian indie pop musician Tati Ana. Plus, the psychedelic rock group Of Montreal channels the Rolling Stones on a new album.

Discover five genre-bending albums newly released or reissued this autumn — from a zany Bollywood classic that channels cumbia to a reboot of music from a forgotten era in Asia Minor. And who knew a Yemeni jukebox could be so much fun?