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The Softies Amy McDicken/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sting Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Mondo Cozmo Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Colin Stetson Jonathan Durand/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Lucas (left) and Arthur Jussen have played together as a piano duo since they were young boys. Stefan Hoederath/Redferns hide caption
Weird Al Yankovic attends Apple TV +'s Primetime Emmy Party at Mother Wolf on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. David Livingston/Getty Images hide caption
Los Bitchos Tom Mitchell/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"I think I had a bit of a crisis of confidence, actually, through the last decade," Robert Smith says of the gap between Cure albums, "I sort of thought I'd written everything I had to write, but as it turns out, I haven't." Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Opera star Denyce Graves’ global compassion in red, white and blue
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Tycho Jamie-James Medina/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Brothers Alex (top) and Eddie Van Halen in an undated photo. HarperCollins hide caption
Undone by the loss of his brother Eddie, Alex Van Halen looks back in a new memoir
Digable Planets' Blowout Comb Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cassandra Lewis Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Artifacts from the 30-year history of Hopeless Records on display at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Dustin Franz for NPR hide caption
Little Feat Fletcher Moore/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Red Rocks Amphitheatre Sarbjit Bahga/Wikimedia Commons hide caption
Pink Fuzz Courtesy of the artist hide caption
John Scofield has played with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and many more over the 100 or so albums he's recorded as a sideman and bandleader. He says that picking 10 tracks from that illustrious catalog felt "overwhelming." Jonathan Chimene/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jennifer Koh, left, is revamping the venerable chamber music program at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. with innovative programming and community engagement. Derek Baker/The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hide caption