Norma Waterson receives the Lifetime Achievement award at the BBC Folk Awards at Royal Albert Hall on April 27, 2016, in London. Christie Goodwin/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
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"Above everything, every word, every concept still [happens] in our bodies, right?" Silvana Estrada tells NPR. "I'm a body that can create sounds like every other body." Sol Talamentes hide caption
Singer-songwriter and producer Amber Mark questions the nature of her existence on debut album Three Dimensions Deep. Nelson Huang hide caption
Thursday
McCoy Tyner (left) with host Christian McBride from their first concert. Courtesy of Christian McBride hide caption
Crate Digging: McCoy Tyner's never-before-heard set at the Village Vanguard
WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center
Crate Digging: McCoy Tyner's never-before-heard set at the Village Vanguard
Tuesday
David Bowie poses for a portrait in 1976. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
World Cafe Culture Corner: David Bowie in Philadelphia
Saturday
The members of C4 Trio, L-R: Rodner Padilla, Edward Ramírez, Héctor Molina and Jorge Glem José Blanco/Courtesy of GroundUP Music hide caption
The cuatro players of C4 Trio are the future of Venezuela's national instrument
Thursday
Singer Bobby McFerrin performs at The 39th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell - Day 6 at The New Orleans Fair Grounds on May 3, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic hide caption
Bobby McFerrin reflects on going from the hotel bar to prescribing 'medicine music'
WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center
Bobby McFerrin reflects on going from the hotel bar to prescribing 'medicine music'
Monday
Interdisciplinary artist-musician FKA twigs released 'CAPRISONGS,' her debut mixtape and first release with Atlantic Records, on Jan. 14, 2022. Orograph/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Friday
On Dawn FM, The Weeknd lets us consider whether we would like to age into the shape of our fears or the shape of our most heroic dreams. Brian Ziff/Brian Ziff/XO/Republic Records hide caption
Thursday
Tony Malaby, photographed in the fall of 2021, underneath the New Jersey Turnpike. Randy Thaler hide caption
Saxophonist Tony Malaby's unlikely pandemic practice space: the New Jersey Turnpike
Sunday
A red-tailed black cockatoo is seen sitting on a branch with the moon behind it. The bird is one of more than 50 featured on the album Songs of Disappearance that features the sounds of many of Australia's endangered birds. Byron Hakanson/Birdlife Australia hide caption
An album made entirely of endangered bird sounds beat Taylor Swift on a top 50 chart
Wednesday
John and Sachi Patitucci Jazz Night in America hide caption
Tuesday
In 2021, Lil Nas X, whose single "Old Town Road" holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, delivered his debut album Montero and cemented his ability to bend media platforms to his will. Photo Illustration by Renee Klahr/NPR/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
The Beatles on Mount Doom (or a still from Peter Jackson's Get Back, a documentary constructed from footage shot during the making of the band's last studio albums and final performance). Linda McCartney/Apple Corps Ltd. hide caption
