Laurie Anderson, an artist and performer whose work spans disciplines, channels her emotional past into transformative art. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Maryanne Amacher, an artist and composer, is one of the women featured in the new documentary Sisters with Transistors. Peggy Weil/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Angel Olsen's "Lark" appears on NPR Music's top 20 songs of September. Cameron McCool/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tegan and Sara. Their new album, Hey, I'm Just Like You, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Sept. 27. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sophie Calle, at a private concert by Pharrell Williams in Paris on May 26, 2014. Pharrell contributed to the album Souris Calle, in tribute to Sophie Calle's dead cat. Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Laurie Anderson, cover art for Nothing, Audible, Liminal Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet's Landfall is out Feb. 16 via Nonesuch. Laurie Anderson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Runaways perform at CBGB's in New York City in August 1976. Richard E. Aaron/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
After meeting in the artistic SoHo loft scene in the early 1970s, Laurie Anderson and Philip Glass have been frequent collaborators. Susana Gonzalez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Laurie Anderson finds a "calm center" in Etude 10 by Philip Glass. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images hide caption
Laurie Anderson Finds 'New Ways To Breathe' In A Philip Glass Etude
The image of former Guantanamo detainee Mohammed El Gharani is projected onto what Laurie Anderson calls a "film sculpture" in her multimedia work Habeas Corpus. James Ewing/Park Avenue Armory hide caption
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Clockwise from upper left: Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, The Mountain Goats, Suzanne Vega. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Laurie Anderson, first lady of the avant-garde, recently visited World Cafe. courtesy of the artist hide caption
Laurie Anderson On World Cafe
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Homeland is Laurie Anderson's first studio album in 10 years. Noah Greenburg hide caption
