Music Features

A sign found in Huntsville, Ala. The producing duo Block Beataz operate there within a hip-hop economy largely of their own making. Brian Metz/flickr.com hide caption

A woman walks past a pile of books at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2008. You'll want to follow her lead and grab pen and paper for the recommendations below. Sebastian Willnow/AFP / Getty Images hide caption

Mike Posner’s at the top of the charts, alongside Rihanna, Katy Perry and Kesha. The women pop stars wear wigs, elaborate costumes and glitter on stage and off. But Posner looks like a regular guy. courtesy of the artist hide caption

New Orleans club Tipitina's, which reopened as a musician's community center and co-op in the days after Hurricane Katrina and is now a venue again. louisianatravel/flickr.com hide caption

A 2007 Second Line in New Orleans. Skip Bolen/Getty Images hide caption

Our roundtable advises music writers to find a mentor and read the work of other women writing about music. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption

The crowd at Bonnaroo, a festival held in a field in Manchester, Tenn., on June 13, 2010. Diana Wong for NPR hide caption

This particular still from the video falls entirely within our obscenity limits. YouTube hide caption

The people who use sheet music the most are musicians. One listener says composers and publishers need to make it much easier for musicians to find the music they use in their jobs. Paul Evans/flickr hide caption