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The Grammy Award-winning opera singer performs a classical, jazz and gospel influenced set.

The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.

Vijay Gupta was a 19-year-old violin prodigy when he joined the LA Philharmonic. Now he runs Street Symphony, an organization bringing music to clinics, jails and homeless shelters on Skid Row.

With electro-pop dance tracks, the band celebrates queer love and joy.

Lil Nas X's new single rails against BET after the star wasn't nominated for a single BET Award.

The R&B crooner has never been shy about singing of his trials and tribulations with love.

The 2022 tour was a victory lap for Contest winner Alisa Amador and also showcased local talents in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Seattle, Los Angeles and New York.

Monica delivers a vibrant vocal masterclass in this Tiny Desk (home) concert that spans decades.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Naomi McPherson, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin of the band MUNA about their third album: MUNA.

Shelley expounds on country living, newly married life and the birth of her daughter. But life's joys are never far removed from the deeply worrying state — and fate — of the world.