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John Carpenter (center) directed and wrote the score for the horror classic Halloween, and wrote the score for its 2018 sequel. Trevor de Brauw/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Ketch Secor (second from the left) with Old Crow Medicine Show band mates. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Ketch Secor Of Old Crow Medicine Show on World Cafe
Alejandro Escovedo Nancy Escovedo/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Alejandro Escovedo On World Cafe
Guatemalan singer/songwriter Gaby Moreno. Jose Leon/Courtesy of Gaby Moreno hide caption
Vijay Gupta is a violinist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic whose life's work has been to make music accessible to all. That passion caught the attention of others and this year he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Roman Cho/Courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hide caption
Look Now may lack some sentimentality, but Elvis Costello does return to familiar ground. James O'Mara/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Elvis Costello Doesn't Want Your Nostalgia, He Wants You To 'Look Now'
Jose Feliciano performs in Washington DC in June 2018 Marisa Arbona-Ruiz/NPR hide caption
Guest DJ José Feliciano Is An Alt.Latino Icon
John Darnielle performs with The Mountain Goats at a 2015 concert in Birmingham, Ala. David A. Smith/Getty Images hide caption
Listen: No Children Live At Bottom Of The Hill, 2006
Adrianne Lenker's new record, abysskiss, is out now on Saddle Creek. /Shervin Lainez hide caption
Singer Ketch Secor and illustrator Higgins Bond collaborated on the children's book Lorraine, which weaves Southern folklore with the power of music. Courtesy of Crackerfarm hide caption
"Every time I learn something new about the music, I then bring [that] into the next performance," Hilary Hahn says. Dana van Leeuwen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"Part of your job is to loan pieces of your heart out everyday in the world of songwriting," Heather Morgan says. Blythe Thomas/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"There's so much pain that people carry and try to avoid," Cat Power says. "That's why music is so incredible." Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesty of the artist hide caption
'Life Is A Lesson, And Sometimes It's Difficult To Learn': Cat Power Steps Forward
HAERTS inside the World Cafe Performance Studio Galea McGregor/WXPN hide caption
HAERTS On World Cafe
Matthew Aucoin, 28, has been awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant for his work as a composer and conductor. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. hide caption
M.I.A. performs onstage during the Meadows Music and Arts Festival 2017 in New York City. Mike Coppola/Getty Images hide caption