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Host Lara Downes (left) talks with the young, Grammy-nominated jazz sensation Samara Joy. Nicholai Hammar/NPR hide caption

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Lara Downes' season 3 of 'Amplify' launches with a theme of renaissance

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USA. Mississippi. Tunica. 1985. © Eli Reed/Magnum Photos hide caption

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Songs to believe in: A Juneteenth playlist

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Lara Downes, whose series Rising Sun Music re-centers compositions from historically marginalized composers. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Pianist Lara Downes re-centers the music of the Great Migration

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Lara Downes, with her father in San Francisco, ca. 1975. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Celebrating Juneteenth And Black Music Month With Classical Classics

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Lara Downes. Her recent album, Phenomenal Women, featured recordings of compositions by Black female composers whose legacies have been overlooked by the classical establishment. Max Barrett/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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With Her Recording Series 'Rising Sun,' Lara Downes Re-Centers Black Composers

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