Music Interviews

Norah Jones Joelle Grace Taylor/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Kacey Musgraves Kelly Christine Sutton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Joe Wong Priscilla Chavez Scott/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The Jesus And Mary Chain Mel Butler/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Will Liverman's latest album, Show Me The Way, honors women's contributions to music. Daniel Welch/Morahan Arts and Media hide caption

DJ Shadow Koury Angelo/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Future Islands Frank Hamilton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Yard Act Phoebe Fox/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Lil Jon finds his calm on Total Meditation, a new album whose reflective title is no joke. Chelsa Christensen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Mannequin Pussy Millicent Hailes/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

"I remember any time I traveled to Mexico and other countries in the continent, I felt like, 'I'm Latina, but I'm not exactly like the people here,' Arocena tells NPR. "When I came to Puerto Rico, it was like, 'okay, now I understand.' " Alex Alaya/Brownswood Recordings hide caption

Billy Porter Franz Szony/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

MGMT Jonah Freeman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The Past Is Still Alive is Alynda Segarra's latest and perhaps most autobiographical album as Hurray for the Riff Raff. Tommy Kha/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Allison Russell Dana Trippe/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Brittany Howard Bobbi Rich/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Jennifer Lopez, from her film This Is Me...Now © Amazon Content Services LLC Dave Meyers, director/Courtesy of Prime hide caption

Sampha Jesse Crankson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Jan Vogler plays a 1707 Stradivari cello made during Bach's lifetime. He compares it to learning to swim in an Olympic pool: "the pressure on me is more to have imagination to match the instrument." Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR hide caption