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Phoebe Bridgers is one of the most prolific young songwriters to emerge in the last several years. Her second solo album, Punisher, is out now. Frank Ockenfels/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard. Henry Adebonojo/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Patterson Hood of The DBTs, performing at Tipitina's in New Orleans on Sept. 3, 2011. Erika Goldring/Getty Images hide caption
A woman jogging in New York City. NPR Music's Lyndsey McKenna has been running to relieve stress during the coronavirus pandemic. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Team Dresch's song "Fagetarian and Dyke" is featured in our playlist of queer punk. Courtesy of Jealous Butcher Records hide caption
The term "urban" has been used for decades as a catch-all term for Black music — but it is now quickly falling out of favor in the music industry in the midst of a growing new civil rights movement. Jasper James/Getty Images hide caption
Moving through themes of isolation and recovery in real time, Gia Margaret reshapes her world around her circumstances on her latest album, Mia Gargaret. Rachel Winslow/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Boosty Collins. Nick Presniakov/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
As the profile of the masked, pseudonymous singer Orville Peck has risen, he has sometimes been held up as a solitary figure staking a queer claim to country music. But in important ways, Peck isn't alone. Tracy Hua/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Freshly laundered quilting fabric, courtesy of Emma Bowers. Emma Bowers/NPR hide caption
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Cyrena Touros/NPR hide caption
Music speaks truth to anger and frustration, but also provides a sense of hope and beauty. Rashida Chavis for NPR hide caption
A woman jogging in New York City. NPR Music's Lyndsey McKenna has been running to relieve stress during the coronavirus pandemic. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
