Fans hold up their phones at a Childish Gambino performance in 2014. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
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Van Morrison live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on May 19, 1973 in Santa Monica, Calif. Ed Caraeff/Getty Images hide caption
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Maren Morris, one of Nashville's rising stars, performs at Nissan Stadium on the opening night of the 2016 CMA Festival. John Shearer/Getty Images hide caption
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We asked eleven writers to share the songs that helped them make the dance floor home. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
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The Los Angeles producer and DJ Dâm-Funk's entry in the DJ-Kicks series of mixes, released last month, revives a hypnotic, synth-based early-1980s variant of funk known as "boogie." J3/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Cam's debut album, Untamed, featuring the hit "Burning House," was released in December. "There's this fear that if you are who you are, it's not gonna work out," she says of Nashville's tendency to iron out imperfection. Ninelle Efremova/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Thom Yorke, Phil Selway and Jonny Greenwood performing live in Sydney. Radiohead just released a new album, A Moon Shaped Pool. Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images hide caption
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North Carolinian Rhiannon Giddens, who opposes HB2, says she struggled with whether to speak out against the bill from stage: "How can I use my platform for good without jeopardizing everything so that I don't have that platform anymore?" Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Americana Music hide caption
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Chino Moreno, who has led Deftones since it formed in Sacramento nearly 30 years ago, performs with the band at SXSW 2016 in Austin, Texas. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
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Anohni, the singer formerly known as Antony Hegarty, will release her album Hopelessness on May 6. Alice O'Malley/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Alex Lifeson (left) and Geddy Lee (with Neil Peart on drums) on stage in 1976 on the tour that followed the release of 2112. Antonia Hille/Getty Images hide caption
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Hamed Sinno (R) and Haig Papazian of the Lebanese alternative rock band Mashrou' Leila performing in Bourges, France in 2015. Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Beyoncé released her sixth album, Lemonade, on Saturday night via HBO and Tidal. Courtesy of the artist/Screenshot by NPR hide caption