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"They're still love songs. They're still melodically driven," Sharon Van Etten says. "I just feel like I sing with a different kind of force." Ryan Pfluger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'A Different Kind Of Force': Sharon Van Etten Takes Her Sound In New Directions
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"GIRL," Maren Morris' first new solo music since her 2016 debut album, Hero, is an ode to perseverance. Jamie Nelson/courtesy of the artist hide caption
Travis Scott performs in Austin, Texas, in October 2018. Scott is set to perform at the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Even With Rappers Set To Perform, Super Bowl's Halftime Show Remains Tone-Deaf
Last December, IC3PEAK's Nikolai Kostylev (left) and Anastasiya Kreslina (right) arrived in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk to give a concert, only to be detained by the police. Lucian Kim/NPR hide caption
Protesters in the #MuteRKelly movement gather outside the Sony offices in New York City. Vanessa Ross/Colors of Change hide caption
The #MuteRKelly Movement Takes Its Protest To The Steps Of His Record Label
Carol Channing, performing in Los Angeles in 2004. Channing died Tuesday at age 97. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Hundreds of singers joined MILCK and the Canadian choral group Choir! Choir! Choir! to perform "Quiet" at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre in early 2017. Andrew Williamson/Courtesy of Choir! Choir! Choir! hide caption
A Song Called 'Quiet' Struck A Chord With Women. Two Years Later, It's Still Ringing
Namibian-German artist Max Siedentopf installed Toto Forever late last December while back home with his family in Namibia. Max Siedentopf/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jawbox. Shane Gardner/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Deerhunter's Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? comes out Jan. 18. 4AD/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Deerhunter's Bradford Cox On Making Music In Trying Times: 'I'm Just Screaming Out Loud'
Billy McFarland in a screenshot from FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. Netflix hide caption
Fyre Festival Documentary Shows 'Perception And Reality' Of Infamous Concert Flop
"These songs, they just kind of pop up in my head and I feel like I have to write them down," Mike Posner says. Meredith Truax/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'Beginnings Always Hide Themselves In The End': Mike Posner On Grieving And Growth
R. Kelly attends a show at New York Fashion Week in July 2015. Through years of sex misconduct accusations, he has denied committing any wrongdoing. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images hide caption
The exterior of Casa Verdi, founded by famed Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi in the late 1890s. Diego Rinaldi/Courtesy of Casa di riposo per musicisti, Fondazione Giuseppe Verdi hide caption
For Opera Singers, Life After Retirement — At Least At One Very Special Rest Home
James Blake's new album, Assume Form, comes out Jan. 18. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Lady Gaga and R. Kelly perform during the 2013 American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Decades after their original run in 1960s San Francisco, the members of Ace of Cups have finally released their first album. Rachel Wright/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"Baby Shark," a song that has inspired a worldwide dance craze, entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 32 this week. YouTube screenshot by NPR hide caption