"My mother is quick to point out the idea that meaning is not only derived from the author's intent," woods says. Natalia Vacheishvili hide caption
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Lewis Capaldi performs at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England, on June 27, 2025. Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP hide caption
After a mental health break, Lewis Capaldi returns with a new EP 'Survive'
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 17: Havoc performs onstage during the Mobb Deep feat. Havoc, Big Noyd & DJ L.E.S. concert at Alhambra on January 17, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo by Richard Bord/Getty Images hide caption
Mexican vocalist and composer Silvana Estrada at the Tiny Desk Maansi Srivastava/NPR hide caption
"Every night I go out on stage and I'm shocked that this many people even know who I am," Laufey says. Emma Summerton/AWAL hide caption
David Gilmour performing live for his 'Luck and Strange' tour. Jill Furmanovsky hide caption
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Miley Cyrus reflects on her life and deluxe album 'Something Beautiful'
What are 'legos' in rock band Umphrey’s McGee's music and how the concept developed
Billy Strings says music was a fundamental part of his childhood: "My dad played [Doc Watson's] music all around the house growing up. And by the time I could play guitar, you know, 5, 6 years old, I was learning those tunes, too." Dana Trippe hide caption
Jane Fonda critiqued the Trump administration during her acceptance speech at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Feb. 23, 2025. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption
'We have to speak, we have to shout': Jane Fonda is still an activist at 87
Sabrina Carpenter's new album Man's Best Friend uses humor to cope with heartbreak. Bryce Anderson hide caption
Sabrina Carpenter laughs at romantic heartbreak on ‘Man’s Best Friend’
After making two critically acclaimed, musically adventurous albums in the early 2010s, Alabama Shakes went on a hiatus that stretched nearly a decade, while lead singer Brittany Howard (center) released solo work. Now, Howard and guitarist Heath Fogg (left) and bassist Zac Cockrell have reunited to tour and release new music, starting with the song "Another Life." Bobbi Rich hide caption
On That Wasn't A Dream, bassist Pino Palladino and guitarist/producer Blake Mills team up for another set of genre-defying instrumentals.
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Exploring the artistic collaboration that led to the album 'That Wasn't A Dream'
Questlove is charting the history of America through its music
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Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, composed Woodland Songs, a suite of animal character studies, for the Dover Quartet. Shevaun Williams hide caption
Dover Quartet teams up with Chickasaw composer on album 'Woodland Songs'
Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords returns with a new solo album, Freak Out City Izzie Austin/Sub Pop Records hide caption
Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie on family, legacy and ‘Freak Out City’
Big Freedia poses for a portrait on July 15 at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans. The studio was converted from a church. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Big Freedia takes bounce music to church on new album, ‘Pressing Onward’
Lithuanian composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė writes multilayered music that she hopes will grant listeners the freedom to enter an altered state of mind. Laura Bianchi/Courtesy of the Bogliasco Foundation hide caption
After turns on Broadway and the big screen, Reneé Rapp now has an eye on the pop charts with her new album, Bite Me. Zora Sicher/Interscope Records hide caption