Erykah Badu. Tony Krash/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption

Jukebox The Ghost inside the World Cafe Performance Studio John Evin Groome/WXPN hide caption

Liz Cooper Lindsay Patkos/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

"When I am on stage, I finally feel like myself," Miski says. "I finally feel like I can be myself." Bao Ngo/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

"Every five years or so, there's just a transformation I kind of need to constantly be going under," Jake Shears says. Greg Gorman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets Jim Herrington/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The Band. Woodstock, NY, '68 Elliott Landy//LandyVision, Inc hide caption

"I do feel like the nihilism that lives within me really reared its head on this record," Cursive's Tim Kasher (center) says of Vitriola. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Trine Dyrholm plays German singer and songwriter Nico in Nico, 1988. Magnolia Pictures hide caption

Jim Lauderdale. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

serpentwithfeet outside the World Cafe Performance Studio in Philadelphia Dylan Eddinger/WXPN hide caption

"The beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in their own way," Amanda Shires says. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption

Boz Scaggs Chris Phelps/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Singers and musicians from Fania Records including Celia Cruz (bottom, center), Ruben Blades (directly above Celia Cruz) and label co-originator, Johnny Pacheco (top row, fifth from left). Courtesy of Concord Records hide caption

Amanda Shires Elizaveta Porodina/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Channel Tres, whose self-titled debut EP was released July 27 through Godmode. Yazz Alali/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Courtney Barnett at The Anthem in Washington, D.C. on July 24, 2018. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption

Stanley Clarke Raj Naik/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Beyoncé performs on stage at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Inglewood, Calif. Robyn Beck /Getty Images hide caption

"It was a sobering experience. I knew it was bad, but until you see it — I wasn't prepared for it, to be honest with you," Kenny Chesney says. Allister Ann/Courtesy of the artist hide caption