Billy Joel in 1981. Dan Weeks/Billy Joel Archives/HBO hide caption
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Billy Joel in 1973. Don Hunstein/Sony Music Archives/HBO hide caption
Beth Gibbons' first solo album, Lives Outgrown, is out May 17. Netti Habel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"Crowded Roomz," the latest single from Nia Archives, is one of the tracks we can't stop playing this week. Lola Banet/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Billy Joel performs the first show of his Madison Square Garden residency on Jan. 27, 2014, in New York. Greg Allen/Invision/AP hide caption
Some of the (Male) Avengers spoof "We Didn't Start The Fire." YouTube screenshot by NPR hide caption
As the NPR Music team and others prepared to leave the network's old headquarters, mysterious messages began appearing on the windows and walls: "Everything will be better!" Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption
The Saxophone Colossus (that's Sonny Rollins at left) played on The Rolling Stones' "Waiting on a Friend." Photo Illustration: Lars Gotrich/Photos: Rick Diamond/Getty Images, Miguel Palacios/Cover. hide caption