June Millington, the author of the memoir Land of a Thousand Bridges: Island Girl in a Rock & Roll World, on the porch of the Fanny's House of Music in East Nashville. The shop is named after Millington's band, Fanny. Audrey Spillman for NPR hide caption
You and I, an album culled from Jeff Buckley's first demos for Columbia Records, will be released in March. Courtesy of Sony Music hide caption
Christine Tran (left), Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson (center) and Emma Burgess-Olson run the all-female DJ booking agency Discwoman. Aurora Halal/Courtesy of Discwoman hide caption
Recording artist Drake speaks about Apple Music during the Apple WWDC on June 8, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
The British rock group Deep Purple in 1969. Eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1993, the group behind "Smoke On The Water" has been nominated for the third time. John Minihan/Getty Images hide caption
Timmy Thomas performs on the television show The Midnight Special in 1973. Frank Carroll/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images hide caption
On top of the world: Tower Records founder Russ Solomon above his Sacramento, Calif., store in 1989. Courtesy of All Things Must Pass hide caption
George Clarke (second from right) says that before Deafheaven began making its third album, New Bermuda, "The only real place to go was down.' Kristin Cofer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
David Gilmour (left) and Polly Samson, who have been married since 1994 and have collaborated on songs for albums by Gilmour and Pink Floyd. Kevin Westenberg/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Festivalgoers at TomorrowWorld Electronic Music Festival in 2013. Christopher Polk/Getty Images hide caption
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014. Last month, Iron Maiden released its 16th album, The Book of Souls. Maro Hagopian/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
King Mez, of Raleigh, North Carolina, through Baltimore, in Los Angeles now. GL Askew II for NPR hide caption
(L-R) Patty Griffin, Rhiannon Giddens, Roy Taylor (a member of Patty's road crew), Shakey Graves, and NPR Music's Ann Powers Joshua Shoemaker for NPR hide caption
Tyler, the Creator joins former rival A$AP Rocky as well as Danny Brown and Vince Staples on tour. Polina V. Yamshchikov for NPR hide caption