Vocalist Brendan Yates directing the dance at Turnstile's Glow On release show at Clifton Park Bandshell in Baltimore. Farrah Skeiky for NPR hide caption
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Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson sets the music of Mozart amid his peers to offer a fresh take on the master composer. Ari Magg/Deutsche Grammophon hide caption
Kanye West is seen at a Donda listening event at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 22, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Universal Music hide caption
Composer Julius Eastman's music is slowly moving from neglected to championed. Donald Burkhardt hide caption
Lil Nas X performs on the Season 46 finale of Saturday Night Live. Will Heath/NBC hide caption
Ranking 'SNL' Musical Guests From Megan Thee Stallion To Morgan Wallen
Megan Thee Stallion kicked off Saturday Night Live's 46th season in style — and with substance. Will Heath/NBC hide caption
Olivia Rodrigo's debut album Sour is a follow-up to her singles "drivers license" and "deja vu." Grant Spanier/Geffen Records hide caption
Olivia Rodrigo's debut album, Sour, is out May 21, less than six months after she shattered streaming records with the breakthrough single "drivers license." Renee Klahr/NPR hide caption
Daddy's Home (out May 14), Annie Clark's sixth album as St. Vincent, takes the sounds and sleaze of early-1970s New York as its aesthetic backdrop. Zackery Michael/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hasaan Ibn Ali. Larry Fink/Courtesy of Omnivore Recordings hide caption
The Lost Recordings Of Hasaan Ibn Ali Reveal A Legend Just Getting Started
Icelandic musicians Lars Erickssong (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdottir (Rachel McAdams) perform in the film Eurovision Song Contest. John Wilson/Netflix hide caption
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga pushes pageantry over the top while still generating material that would thrive on a real-life Eurovision stage. John Wilson/Netflix hide caption
Massive Attack performs live on Sept. 20, 2019, at The Met in Philadelphia. Matthew Shaver/WXPN hide caption
World Cafe's Culture Corner: Massive Attack
Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen's voice has been called one-in-a-million. James Hole /Decca Records hide caption
From Norway With Horsepower: Soprano Lise Davidsen Is Conquering Opera
Across Haram, an Islamic term meaning "forbidden," the rappers billy woods and ELUCID dissect all things taboo, and how, ultimately, those commodities are still ubiquitous across cultures. Alexander Richter/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pharoah Sanders and Sam Shepherd (a.k.a. Floating Points) in the studio making Promises. Eric Welles-Nyström/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Even after brutal reviews for the short-lived Anyone Can Whistle, Stephen Sondheim continued to create provocative and form-shattering musicals. Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images hide caption
Selena Gomez on the cover of Revelación, her first Spanish-language EP. Camila Falquez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chick Corea, holding a freshly won Grammy in the award ceremony's press room in LA on Feb. 8, 2015. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Madlib, performing during Pitchfork Fest at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015. Daniel Boczarski/Redferns via Getty Images hide caption
A new Dusty Springfield anthology collects singles from her time with Atlantic Records. Courtesy of Real Gone Music hide caption
On A New Anthology, Dusty Springfield's Take On Southern Soul Gets Another Look
Dua Lipa performs onstage for the 2020 American Music Awards. Her album, Future Nostalgia, ranks second on Ken Tucker's list of his favorite albums of 2020. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for dcp hide caption