Noah Caldwell

Moses Sumney moved from LA to Asheville, N.C. ahead of writing his latest album, grae. "Lyrically and thematically, I was able to channel something bigger than me in a much clearer way," he says. Francis Kokoroko/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Sweet Crude sings modern indie pop in Louisiana French, a centuries-old dialect. "We had this intention of giving this very old dialect a brand new set of clothes," band member Sam Craft says. Augusta Sagnelli/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Silver Landings is Mandy Moore's first new album in over a decade. "I feel like this fully realized version of myself making music again" she tells NPR's Ari Shapiro. Carter Smith/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique are performing all nine of Beethoven's symphonies in a series of concerts celebrating the composer's 250th birthday. Chris Lee/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

One of the pioneers of London's acid house scene, Andrew Weatherall had an influential career as an electronic music artist, DJ and producer. John Barrett/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

"It's almost a dying art form in that people cherry-pick songs and put them on playlists and so, I don't know that the listening audience really ever gets the sense of the full artistic statement," Sheryl Crow says. Dove Shore/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Miles Davis performing at Newport Jazz Festival in 1969. David Redfern/Redferns hide caption

"All throughout this 17 weeks, it's been a breadcrumb trail of new information," pop critic Chris Molanphy says. Noam Galai/Getty Images for BuzzFeed hide caption

Betty Who's latest album, Betty, is out now. Ben Cope/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Ronson's latest album, Late Night Feelings, is due out June 21 via RCA Records. Collier Schorr/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Shelly and Sam Summers stand with daughter Gabby in front of a makeshift shelter on their rural Bay County property. They opened their backyard to people who were homeless after Hurricane Michael. At the peak, about 50 people lived there. Now, there are 18. "We still have our home," Shelly says. "They have nothing. So if we can at least offer them the comforts of home, it was worth it." William Widmer for NPR hide caption

Dan Tepfer's latest album, Natural Machines, is out now. Judy Natal/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm in the 1940s. Courtesy of Rosalind Cron hide caption

Tamino's latest album, Amir, is out now. Ramy Fouad/Courtesy of the artist hide caption