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ATLANTA, GEORGIA - AUGUST 26: Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Day 1 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Paras Griffin/Getty Images hide caption
What Now, the second solo album from Brittany Howard, is out Feb. 2, 2024. Bobbi Rich/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The curious mind — and hard work — of bassist Christian McBride
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The debates unfolding now about what it means for Spain to host the Latin Grammys hint at much larger questions about how the Academy decides what constitutes Latin music. Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption
Yo-Yo Ma, Pattie Gonia and Quinn Christopherson made the music video for "Won't Give Up" at Kenai Fjords National Park. William Woodward hide caption
This trio hopes 'Won't Give Up' will become an anthem for the climate movement
The result of the improvised sessions that led to New Blue Sun is subtle but daring. Mainly because it flies in the face of everything we've come to expect, and selfishly demand, as André 3000 fans. Kai Regan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Listen: The NPR Music interview with André 3000
Billie Eilish is nominated for six Grammys at the 2024 awards ceremony. Five of those nominations are for her song "What Was I Made For," from the soundtrack to the film Barbie. Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Great Stalacpipe Organ spans 3.5 acres of the cave and is considered the world's largest musical instrument. The name is a combination of the words stalactite and pipe organ but in actuality, it is a percussion instrument. Alan Goffinski hide caption
Baritone Will Liverman stars in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at New York's Metropolitan Opera. Zenith Richards/Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera hide caption
Having mounted outsized tours for decades, U2 is particularly suited to the technological wizardry of the Sphere in Las Vegas. But is the Sphere suited for more? John Katsilometes/Las Vegas Review-Journal hide caption
Feid's music is steeped in his Colombian identity, but on one of reggaeton's most important stages, he won Puerto Rico over. @Sismatyc hide caption
De Colombia p'al mundo: How Feid became Medellín's reggaeton 'ambassador'
Hauschka performs at the Essen Philharmonie in 2015. Nina Ditscheid/Pitch Perfect PR hide caption
The investigation into the murder of Tupac Shakur (on stage here in 1994) has long evaded closure. But in the last month, an arrest in connection with his shooting on Sept. 7, 1996, has brought the case back into the spotlight. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images hide caption
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Gustavo Santaolalla on World Cafe
Composer Angélica Negrón, whose works are increasingly heard in concert halls across America, looks to her native Puerto Rico for inspiration. Catalina Kulczar/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
(L-R) Marley Marl, Technician the DJ, Kid Capri, Swizz Beatz, DJ Spinderella, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Fat Joe, DJ Holiday, DJ Drama, Timbaland and Kool DJ Red Alert accept award onstage during the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2023 on October 03, 2023 in Atlanta, Ga. Paras Griffin/Getty Images hide caption
Juking the stats, and the state of rap, at the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards
In Pharoah Sanders' final years, Luaka Bop expressed interest in doing a proper reissue of Harvest Time. The label chose to release it as a box set alongside Sanders' final recorded album, Promises. Photo by John van Hasselt/Sygma via Getty Images hide caption
Alan Palomo is in his element at L.A.'s Vintage Synthesizer Museum. Christopher Intagliata/NPR hide caption