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Cellist and composer Clarice Jensen channels Bach's cello suites in the new album In holiday clothing, out of the great darkness. Ebru Yildiz hide caption
Experimental cellist Clarice Jensen finds inspiration in Bach, and a few electronics
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Mick Jenkins' A MURDER OF CROWS, a collaboration with the producer Emil, is one of a handful of recent rap releases that prize concision and focus over algorithmic strategizing. LeFilmmm hide caption
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David Gilmour performing live for his 'Luck and Strange' tour. Jill Furmanovsky hide caption
Maggie Rogers, left, Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo have all spoken about the importance of owning master recordings. Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images; Photo by ANDRE DIAS NOBRE/AFP via Getty Images; Photo by Joshua Applegate/WireImage hide caption
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Am I The Drama?, Cardi B's second album, arrives seven years after her Grammy-winning debut. Jora Frantzis hide caption
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That's Showbiz Baby! is the solo debut by Jade, who rose in the 2010s with the blockbuster U.K. girl group Little Mix. Conor Cunningham hide caption
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes performing a Tiny Desk in 2009 NPR hide caption
A native of Washington, D.C., El Cousteau centers the city on Dirty Harry 2, even when rapping about his journeys outside of it. Tyra Mitchell hide caption
Bands like Xiu Xiu (left) and Hotline TNT (right) recently pulled their music off Spotify, the world's largest streaming service. Eva Luise Hoppe; Graham Tolbert hide caption
Musicians keep leaving Spotify in protest of CEO’s defense investments
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon Jagjaguwar hide caption
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On the The Passionate Ones, his second album as Nourished by Time, Baltimore native Marcus Brown plumbs the ways that class and labor become inseparable from creativity. Lauren Davis hide caption
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
Artists including the band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (left) and Jess Glynne (right) have spoken out about the Trump administration using their music in social media posts. David Wolff - Patrick/Getty Images; Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
