George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Leon Russell perform at the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971. GAB Archive/Redferns hide caption
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Friday
"It's just surreal to me," Isaiah Rashad tells NPR Music. "It feels like I'm still working in like my old fast food s***, no matter how many times we do this." Spencer Sease/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thursday
George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, May 1971 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
The Culture Corner: George Clinton
Allison Russell, center, performs during day five of the 2021 Newport Folk Festival on July 27, 2021 in Newport, R.I. Douglas Mason/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Sam Mehran photographed in Griffith Park in Los Angeles in 2016. Daniel Merlot/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A Posthumous Album Captures The Humor — And Heartache — Of Sam Mehran
Saturday
From Havana to Miami (pictured here), protestors have chanted, "Patria y Vida," or homeland and life, a clever play on the revered, long-held mantra of the Cuban government: patria o muerte. Scott McIntyre/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
1960 Olympic decathlete gold medalist Rafer Johnson of the United States after climbing the stairs of the Memorial Coliseum prepares to light the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony for the XXIII Olympic Games on July, 28,1984 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. Tony Duffy/Getty Images hide caption
When she first heard Fiona Apple's album 1996 Tidal, writer Lindsay Zoladz says the record stood out to her for how it "validated [her] experience of pain." Photo Illustration by Estefania Mitre/NPR; Getty Images; Courtesy of Columbia Records hide caption
Thursday
In "Side Street," a promotional video for his new album Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator plays out a fantasy version of a narrative that appears on the album's climactic song, "Wilshire," in which he engages in a deep but doomed emotional affair with the girlfriend of one of his friends. Courtesy of the artist/Screen shot from YouTube hide caption
Shemekia Copeland performs at the Exit Zero Jazz Festival in Cape May, NJ. Mitra I. Arthur/NPR hide caption
Shemekia Copeland, Modern Guardian Of The Blues
Funkadelic is the result of George Clinton flirting with psychedelic music, a style he describes as "loud R&B." Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' At 50: R&B, Psychedelic Rock And A Black Guitarist's Cry
Wednesday
25-year-old hip-hop artist Shelem released his latest single "Suga Wata" on July 20. Lilly Dyer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A Hip-Hop Artist In West Virginia Takes The DIY Approach To Get His Breakthrough
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Tuesday
Charley Pride, circa 1970. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Message Music on World Cafe: Country Music
Monday
Gente de Zona's "Patria y Vida" (pictured, right: Randy Malcom in Miami) reclaims a slogan made popular at the birth of the Cuban revolution, "Patria o Muerte" (Homeland or Death), 62 years ago. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Audience members assembled on the lawn to enjoy the Boston Symphony Orchestra, newly returned to Tanglewood after last season's cancellation. Hilary Scott/Boston Symphony Orchestra hide caption