Missy Mazzoli's next opera, Lincoln in the Bardo, was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and is slated for a 2025 production. Caroline Tompkins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Bad Bunny has a preternatural gift for realness, one that he wields with fluidity, because that is what Caribbeanness demands. It makes his fame feel delightful and deviant. Illustration: Simone Noronha for NPR hide caption
The classical singer Julia Bullock has released Walking in the Dark, her debut solo album. Grant Legan/Nonesuch Records hide caption
With a bold debut album, Julia Bullock curates an unconventional career
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Bruce Springsteen on World Cafe
Christine McVie in 1969, just a year before officially joining Fleetwood Mac and forever making hearts melt. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Daddy Yankee helped build a global market for reggaeton — but he also illustrated how much political power the genre wields. Victor Bizar Gomez for NPR hide caption
Tania Léon conducts the Youth Orchestra LA in the premiere of her work Pa'lante at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Craig Matthew/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
In the three decades between her solo debut and this year's Fossora, Björk has turned her singular singing voice toward a more egalitarian ideal. Gabriella Trujillo for NPR hide caption
At the Appalachian School of Luthiery in Hindman, Ky., days after July's catastrophic floods, luthier Kris Patrick searches through the mud-caked remains of instruments and materials. Arden S. Barnes/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Floods ravaged eastern Kentucky's music community. What does it mean to rebuild?
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Endure, the third album from New Orleans band Special Interest out Nov. 4, is an album marked by juxtaposition and contrasts. Alexis Gross hide caption
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Bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma reflects on his journey down a 'Dirt Road' in N. Carolina
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Bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma reflects on his journey down a 'Dirt Road' in N. Carolina
Bono, left, with Morning Edition co-host Rachel Martin. Nickolai Hammar/NPR hide caption
Bono discusses his new memoir, 'Surrender,' and the faith at U2's core
Composer Julia Wolfe at the Nashville Symphony Orchestra's world premiere of her piece Her Story on Sept. 15, 2022. Kurt Heinecke/Nashville Symphony hide caption
Our biggest orchestras are finally playing more music by women. What took so long?
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Louis Cole leads collaborators through a deadpan dance medley in the video for "I'm Tight." YouTube hide caption
What is viral jazz?
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Lucrecia Dalt has become one of modern music's most fascinating chameleons. Pedro Nekoi for NPR hide caption
That Loretta Lynn sang about women's struggles while masterfully projecting the image of an uncorrupted country girl made her all the more convincing as an artist. Star Tribune via Getty Images hide caption
Once regarded as an incorruptible pillar of tradition, the marimba becomes a revolutionary rock 'n' roll instrument for band Son Rompe Pera. Pedro Nekoi for NPR hide caption