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Wednesday
A portrait of Peter Green, guitarist and co-founder of rock band Fleetwood Mac, c. 1968. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Taylor Swift's eighth album, Folklore, was surprise-released Friday. The record features production by The National's Aaron Dessner and a new set of songwriting tools. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Saturday
Jake Blount, a 24-year-old banjoist and fiddler, is one of the people in the traditional music community working to educate others on the genre's Black roots. Michelle Lotker/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Friday
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Thursday
One Direction didn't win The X Factor in 2010, but filled stadiums, broke records and our hearts. Alex Fine/Courtesy of Black Dog & Leventhal hide caption
Tuesday
Charles Turner & Uptown Swing entered the Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Harlem Harlem Harlem." YouTube/NPR hide caption
Monday
A parking lot in Nashville, photographed on Mar. 31, 2020, after Tennessee's governor issued a stay-at-home order in response to the developing coronavirus crisis. Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
July 21 is the centennial of the birth of Isaac Stern. The violinist worked with his contemporaries, like Igor Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein, and went on to mentor the next generation of musicians. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Run The Jewels Tim Saccenti/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Run The Jewels On World Cafe
"I feel like it was better for the longevity of this band, believe it or not, to have gone through something like that," Emily Strayer says of The Chicks' cancellation. "It makes you even stronger." Philippa Price/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thursday
From its brash title track to a denouement that begs to be set free, Gaslighter — The Chicks' first album in 14 years — is a story of painful awakening. Betsy Whitney/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Wednesday
The trumpeter Eddie Gale, who worked with the likes of Sun Ra and Cecil Taylor, passed away on July 10 at the age of 78. Getty Images hide caption
Monday
K-pop has become with synonymous with pop from Korea — you may not be surprised to hear that there's far more to it than that. bulentgultek/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Smithsonian Folkways' vast historical archive of folk music has some surprising and futuristic entries among its aisles. Thomas Vogel/Getty Images hide caption