Ivo Pogorelich's new recording of Beethoven and Rachmaninoff sonatas is the pianist's first album in 21 years. Bernard Martinez/Sony Classical hide caption
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Sleater-Kinney performs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 19, 2019. On July 1, drummer Janet Weiss announced her departure from the band after more than 20 years. Andrew Lipovsky/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images hide caption
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon replaces the last album's airless, cluttered laptop-orchestra sound with more organic, approachable textures on i,i. Graham Tolbert /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cuco's debut album, Para Mí, is out now via Interscope Records. Cameron Postforoosh/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thom Yorke's third solo album ANIMA represents a recalibration of his creative process. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images hide caption
Thom Yorke Recalibrates And Digs Deeper Into His Dread Of Technology With 'ANIMA'
The Patrice Rushen compilation Remind Me: The Classic Elektra Recordings 1978-1984 revisits that formative period in Rushen's industry-spanning career. Patrice Rushen Archives/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Forget Her Nots: Patrice Rushen Compilation Captures Formative Elektra Years
Vocalist Nella is featured on this week's exploration of Latin jazz. Sanne Gault/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
J. Balvin, left, and Bad Bunny. STILLZ/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Augustin Hadelich's latest album spotlights violin concertos by Johannes Brahms and György Ligeti. Patrick Long/Warner Classics hide caption
Lil Nas X, photographed on May 17, 2019 in Los Angeles. Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Wingstop hide caption
Composer Emile Mosseri (left) and director Joe Talbot (right) of The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Ghazal Sheei/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Score Of 'The Last Black Man In San Francisco' Sounds Like No Other In 2019
Flying Lotus' fifth studio album, Flamagra, is out now. Renata Raksha/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Baroness' Gold & Grey comes out June 14. Courtesy of Abraxan Hymns hide caption
Professor Longhair plays at the 1971 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. John Messina/Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways hide caption
Smithsonian Folkways Celebrates 50 Years Of Jazz Fest's Serendipity
Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who died in 2007, is the subject of a new documentary film, directed by Ron Howard. Sasha Gusov/Decca Records hide caption
Kate Tempest's The Book of Traps and Lessons comes out June 14. Julian Broad/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bill Callahan's Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest comes out June 14. Hanly Banks Callahan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
One of the many landscapes that inspired John Luther Adams' Become Desert. Courtesy of John Luther Adams hide caption
Iron & Wine's Sam Beam teams up with Calexico for Years to Burn, their first album-length collaboration since 2005. Piper Ferguson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Brandee Younger's Soul Awakening comes out June 7. Erin Patrice O'Brien/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue featured an ad-hoc accidental masterpiece of a band, which played rousing, irreverent versions of songs from his catalog. Ken Regan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pelican's Nighttime Stories comes out June 7. Marfa Capodanno/Courtesy of the artist hide caption