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Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim captured in a 2006 photo from Berlin. MIGUEL VILLAGRAN/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Like Lynyrd Skynyrd before it, Blackberry Smoke turns Southern music forms into radio-ready singalongs. Matthew Mendenhall hide caption
Forced into exile from Sierra Leone, Janka Nabay (left of center) now makes his mysterious, mesmerizing music in Brooklyn. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Science Fair includes science-loving songs from Laura Veirs, Mates of State, Elizabeth Mitchell and more. El Lohse hide caption
Autosalvage, a New York quartet, made one album and then stopped playing. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Corb Lund, who wrote most of Cabin Fever, his new album, in a cabin he built himself. Alexandra Valenti/New West Records hide caption
A new box set of early albums captures Jan Garbarek's forming saxophone sound — austere and astringent. Roberto Massoti/ECM Records hide caption
French composer Jules Massenet died 100 years ago, leaving the opera world with a wealth of elegantly composed dramas. Topical Press Agency/Getty Images hide caption
The debut album from Boston group Debo Band honors and updates the sound of "swinging Addis." Shawn Brackbill hide caption
Lianne La Havas' debut album is titled Is Your Love Big Enough? Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená collaborated with a conductor she knows well, the Berlin Philharmonic's Simon Rattle — who's also her husband. Mathias Bothor/DG hide caption
Producer Dan Auerbach achieves an ideal version of JEFF The Brotherhood and Hacienda on their respective new albums. James Quine hide caption
Ryan Truesdell has turned unheard Gil Evans scores into richly textured works on Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans. Dina Regine hide caption
Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya and Swedish producer Johan Hugo met in a London thrift shop and soon became musical collaborators as The Very Best. David Harrison hide caption