Macy Gray outside the World Cafe Performance Studio at WXPN in Philadelphia. Taylor Johnson/WXPN hide caption
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Aretha Franklin sings in the Atlantic Records studio in New York City in January 1969. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Macy Gray's "All I Want For Christmas" is a holiday song with a list of policy changes she hopes Santa will bring to the U.S. this year. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On the new album Into The Deep, the seasoned instrumentalists of Galactic team up with a host of singers including Macy Gray and Mavis Staples. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
After 20 Years, New Orleans Band Galactic Lifts Off With New Voices
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Macy Gray On World Cafe
The cover of Justin Vivian Bond's album Silver Wells, on which the cabaret performer uses other people's songs to construct a plotline that echoes the Joan Didion novel Play It As It Lays. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman is a big fan of the KT Tunstall song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree." Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
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On The Sellout, Macy Gray sings often-ambiguous lyrics that move back and forth from her "honey boo" to her career. Guiliano Bekor hide caption