Colin Meloy wrote "Slint, Spiderland" in April at the start of the pandemic, just after Oregon issued its stay-at-home order. It's the latest in the Morning Edition Song Project. "Sometimes you kind of scratch these things down to capture a moment," Meloy says. | NPR Morning Edition

In times of upheaval like this, music can be an escape. Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show wrote and performed an original song about this moment in history — as the first artist in the Morning Edition Song Project series. His song is called, "Pray For America." | NPR Morning Edition