Star Feminine Band in Paris. Jean-Baptiste Guillot/BornBadRecords hide caption
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience pose for a portrait in 1968. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty hide caption
The Culture Corner: Jimi Hendrix, 'Are You Experienced'
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In the metal bands Sleep and High on Fire, Matt Pike has always looked to esoteric sources. Over the last decade, however, he's found inspiration in the conspiracy theories of David Icke. Photo Illustration by Estefania Mitre/NPR; Getty Images hide caption
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Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers is the first album from Kendrick Lamar since DAMN., the 2017 release that made him the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize. Renell Medrano/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Leikeli47 (left) speaks with NPR's Sidney Madden about how Shape Up tracks the rapper's learning process to embody the confidence she so often preaches onstage to others. NPR hide caption
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Margo Price, performing on the roof of Third Man Records on Sept. 13, 2018 in Nashville. Jason Kempin/Getty Images hide caption
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Skylar Tang, a 16-year-old from the San Francisco Bay area, is the winner of the Dr. J. Douglas White Composing & Arranging Contest. John Clayton/Skylar Tang hide caption
Who says big band jazz is for old people? Not this teenage composer.
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Naomi Judd (right) and Wynonna Judd perform during the 2008 Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, Calif. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
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Talib Kweli of the rap duo Black Star, photographed performing in New York City on July 22, 2017. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images hide caption
Talib Kweli on Black Star's return: 'We stand tall on the shoulders of our ancestors'
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Mazel Tov Cocktail Party's influences are global, but the sound they create is uniquely their own. Laura Carbone/Kathleen Tagg hide caption
Mazel Tov Cocktail Party: Take an ounce of hip hop, dash of polka, then square dance
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Jean Baylor pointing to the next song on the list, for the Baylor Project album "Generations", 2020, at Bunker Studio, Brooklyn, NY, 2018. Deneka Peniston hide caption
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A freshly painted street mural outside Liuzza's by the Track in New Orleans on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, celebrates the impending return of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Kevin McGill/AP hide caption
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The nouveau swing of Donald Harrison Jr., Big Chief and NEA Jazz Master
Jessie Montgomery's new work Hymn for Everyone receives its world premiere with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on April 28. Jiyang Chen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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