Jay Black, lead singer of the rock group Jay and the Americans, pictured circa 1965, has died at age 82. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
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The conductor Bernard Haitink leading the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in an undated photo. Haitink died Thursday at age 92. Todd Rosenberg/Courtesy of Askonas Holt hide caption
Randy Bachman holds a Gretsch guitar that is similar to the one stolen in 1976. He plans to swap this one for his original with TAKESHI, a Japanese musician who bought Bachman's beloved instrument in 2016. Randy Bachman hide caption
Rocker Randy Bachman's guitar was stolen 45 years ago. A fan tracked it down
View of Guitar Center in Hollywood, Calif. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
From bankruptcy to IPO in a year? It's a tune Guitar Center might play
Lara Downes, whose series Rising Sun Music re-centers compositions from historically marginalized composers. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Ye, then known as Kanye West, attends the Versace fall 2019 fashion show on Dec. 2, 2018 in New York City. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images hide caption
Gil Rose and Boston Modern Orchestra Project recording in Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass. Chuck Furlong/Boston Modern Orchestra Project hide caption
Boston Modern Orchestra Project is honored for championing overlooked American music
John Coltrane on the cover of A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle. Courtesy of Impulse! Records hide caption
We take a look at a few greats, old and new: Vicente Fernandez, Susana Baca, Cimafunk. Reanna Cruz/NPR Illustration hide caption
Alt.Latino And NPR News: Musical Profiles From Mexico, Cuba and Peru
Pop-rock star Juanes (left) and Swedish singer-songwriter José González (right.) NPR Illustration hide caption
Alt.Latino Unpacks the Latest Music News, Including Latin Grammy Drama
Taylor Swift poses in the press room at the Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP hide caption
Members of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music on the plane to Doha. Courtesy of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music hide caption
American composer Carlisle Floyd, photographed at his first home, in which he composed his best known opera, Susannah, in Tallahassee, Fla. in 2009. Scott Holstein /Tallahassee Magazine hide caption
Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, has died at age 95
Eminem serves customers on the opening night of his restaurant Mom's Spaghetti in Detroit on Wednesday. Scott Legato/Getty Images hide caption
Eminem surprises fans at the opening of his 'Mom's Spaghetti' restaurant in Detroit
Britney Spears supporter Peter Stickles was among those demonstrating outside Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday. Liz Baker/NPR hide caption
A cassette with the recording of teenage journalists' 1970 interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, along with polaroid photos from the conversation, seen at Bruun Rasmussen Auction House in Copenhagen on September 24, 2021. An unidentified bidder won the lot for the equivalent of $58,240. Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
#FreeBritney activists protest outside the courthouse in Los Angeles during a conservatorship hearing on April 27. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
Alan Jackson performs at the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in April in Nashville, Tenn. Amy Harris/Invision hide caption
Dr. Lonnie Smith. Frank De Blase/Blue Note Records hide caption
Colombian singer Camilo is up for album of the year, song the year and record of the year across 10 nominations for the Latin Grammys. Xavi Torrent/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
Britney Spears performs onstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas in 2016. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption