Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, one of five young jazz artists included in Jazz Night's inaugural class of Youngbloods. Rog Walker/Amna Ijaz/NPR hide caption
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Mexico's love of Interpol is part of a larger history of the country's relationship to rock and alternative music. SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2016. Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe/Getty Images hide caption
Where are the Black musicians in the country's largest orchestras?
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Kurt Wagner performs with Lambchop in September at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Erik Westra/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Dancer Calvin "Cal" Hunt during rehearsals for Tyshawn Sorey's Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) at the Park Avenue Armory on Sept. 24, 2022. Laylah Amatullah Barrayn for NPR hide caption
Two members of Tennessee State University's Aristocrat of Bands — Marro Briggs, left, and Curtis Olawumi. Sir The Baptist hide caption
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Cody ChesnuTT poses backstage at the third annual Shortlist Concert at The Wiltern in October 2003. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
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In his queer reworking of sertanejo, Gabeu flips the image of the macho cowboy on its head. Pedro Nekoi for NPR hide caption
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For pianist Sean Mason, it's about the melody and the dance
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The Oakland artist Spellling is one of countless musicians this year to have tours disrupted by a band member catching COVID-19, with costly and draining consequences. Illustration by Jackie Lay/Photo by Sharon Lopez/NPR/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Each track on Rina Sawayama's Hold The Girl is extremely, outlandishly major, proceeding at an exhausting intensity. Thurstan Redding/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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With his 11th album, The Man From Waco, Charley Crockett is reaching his broadest audience yet by doing the same thing he's always done — telling his own idiosyncratic story of America and its music. Bobby Cochran/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Youngbloods: Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan
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Over the years, Gaby Moreno has shared the stage with a wide array of artists, including Tracy Chapman, Calexico and Punch Brothers. Alejandra Barragán hide caption