Leslie Jones (from left), Tracy Morgan and Eddie Murphy during the "Black Jeopardy" sketch during SNL50: The Anniversary Special. Chris Haston/NBC hide caption
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Nala Sinephro's Endlessness — produced, arranged and engineered by the English harpist — arrived in 2024 lacking any narrative baggage, forcing listeners to uncover its secrets on their own. Tofjan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Shabaka's album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace begins with the song "End Of Innocence," one among many pieces of music that managed to be both haunting and comforting in 2024. atibaphoto/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"No matter what, there's one thing you can't deny ... that I am giving it everything and leaving nothing," Brittany Howard says. Bobbi Rich/Island Records hide caption
Brittany Howard on Prince, break-up songs and giving 'everything and leaving nothing'
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Howard's vocal malleability allows her to access a whole spectrum of contradictory emotions and gender expressions. Medios y Media/Getty Images hide caption
Brittany Howard is back. Bobbi Rich/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
GRIP, the upcoming album from serpentwithfeet, is one NPR Music's most anticipated albums of 2024. Denzel Golatt/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
What Now, the second solo album from Brittany Howard, is out Feb. 9. Bobbi Rich/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Linda Diaz is the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest winner. Lærke Rose Møllegaard/NPR hide caption
H.E.R. performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Nov. 8, 2018. Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption
Grammy nominees Brittany Howard, Marcus King and Big Thief. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Terri Lyne Carrington Social Science plays a Tiny Desk Concert (Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR). Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR hide caption
Brittany Howard made NPR Music's No.1 album of 2019 with Jaime. She's on our playlist of best songs of the year, too. Brantley Guttierez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The band Black Pumas was recently nominated for a Grammy for best new artist, thanks in part to the support of Austin's KUTX and LA's KCRW public radio stations. Lyza Renee/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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