Pigments is a dynamic collaboration intersecting Richard and Zahn's discographies. Clifford Usher hide caption
Dawn Richard
Taylor Swift's Midnights tops our shortlist for the best albums out on Oct. 21 Courtesy of the artist/Beth Garrabrant hide caption
Projects released by Summer Walker, Shelley FKA DRAM and Jazmine Sullivan are included in NPR Music's best R&B albums of 2021. Photo Illustration by Renee Klahr/NPR; Getty Images hide caption
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Dawn Richard on World Cafe
Dawn Richard takes a selfie with her mom Debbie after NPR Music's Listening Party for Second Line. Courtesy of Dawn Richard hide caption
Marie Ulven, who writes and records as girl in red. Her debut full-length, If I Could Make It Go Quiet, is on our shortlist of the best albums out on April 30. Jonathan Kise/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Dawn Richard. Petros Koy/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tiny Desk Concert, Raphael Saadiq Katie Hayes/Katie Hayes hide caption
Maria Chávez's Plays is sourced completely from a soundless, locked-groove double LP. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"In the midst of the worst of times, we find a way to dance," DAWN says of her hometown, New Orleans. The artist used New Orleans as inspiration for her latest album, new breed. Robert Arnold/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'We Find A Way To Dance': Inspired By New Orleans, DAWN Reconstructs Beauty From Ruin
Compton rapper Boogie's new album Everything's For Sale is on our short list for the best albums out on Jan. 25. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
DAWN's new breed comes out Jan. 25. Robert Arnold/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
DAWN performs a Tiny Desk Concert on May 16, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
From top left, clockwise: D∆WN, Pure Disgust, Sarah Louise, Oathbreaker. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
D∆WN's new album, Redemption, comes out Nov. 18. Rob Daly/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
D∆WN's Redemption comes out Nov. 18. Rob Daly/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A still from D∆WN's "Not Above That" video. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
D∆WN, 'Not Above That'
Charli XCX performs at SXSW with pop music deviant SOPHIE. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
The cover of Dawn Richard's Goldenheart. Courtesy of the artist hide caption