STAR LINE comes six years after Chance The Rapper's studio debut The Big Day, which ended the hot streak he'd enjoyed on his 2010s mixtape run, but may have set him on a radical new path. Keeley Parenteau hide caption
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Questlove is charting the history of America through its music
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Released 10 years ago this week, Carly Rae Jepsen's album Emotion was a critic's darling out the gate. Mark Horton/Getty Images hide caption
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'
Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, circa 1905. U.K. National Archives hide caption
Who's the Clown? — out Aug. 15 via RCA Records — establishes Audrey Hobert as an unconventional new voice in pop. Lenne Chai hide caption
For listeners who buy physical media, some of the biggest major-label releases of the past year have packed an unwelcome surprise. Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption
Unlike other tech giants — including YouTube, Meta and TikTok — Spotify is not currently taking steps to label AI-generated content. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
Louisville-based musician Ryan Davis played in bands like State Champion for a dozen years before initiating a solo projoect in the 2020s. The latest album by Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band, New Threats From The Soul, builds on the loose charms of that earlier work. Justin Murphy hide caption
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
Songs of Love Foundation founder and president John Beltzer uses tools from the AI music platform Suno to create a personalized track for an older adult with dementia. Songs of Love Foundation hide caption
Songs of Love writes personalized music for kids — but can AI carry the tune?
Chef Kenji López-Alt serves up a nourishing recipe of food and music
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A sparkly sweet treat for a sparkly sweet mix. Lars Gotrich/NPR hide caption
British rapper and singer Jim Legxacy's latest project, black british music (2025), slams together sounds from across and beyond the current U.K. rap scene. Igoris Tarran hide caption
In the latest version of Superman, Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan, at left) and the Man of Steel (David Corenswet) bond, and quarrel, over their status as outsiders. Jessica Miglio/Warner Bros. Entertainment hide caption
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With a new album, prestigious residencies and a star conductor championing her music, Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz is finally getting the recognition she deserves. Marta Arteaga hide caption
It’s time to listen to the bold music of Gabriela Ortiz
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Singer Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone, leader of the popular American funk rock group Sly And The Family Stone, at the Hatchett's Club, Piccadilly, London. Central Press/Getty Images hide caption