Lesley Gore and producer Quincy Jones at work in the studio. The two collaborated on "You Don't Own Me" and a handful of other 1960s hits. Donaldson Collection/Getty Images hide caption
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"I am what I talk about in my music. I am Pinay, I'm powerful, I'm fearless, I'm unfiltered," Ruby Ibarra says. Donna Ibarra/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
This Tiny Desk Contestant Rapped A Love Letter To Her Immigrant Mother
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Breakdown on 20th Ave. South is Buddy & Julie Miller's first album together in nearly a decade. Kate York/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Missed For A Decade, Roots Icons Buddy And Julie Miller Return To A Shared Spotlight
Philippe "Zdar" Cerboneschi, left, and Hubert Blanc-Francard, better known as "Boom Bass," performing as Cassius on April 24, 2010 in Paris, France. Cerboneschi died Jun. 19, 2019 in an accident that occurred at his home in Paris. Kristy Sparow/WireImage hide caption
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Caro Arroba describes her music as "tech house Andino." Isabel Dávila/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The late Tom Petty, playing on the Isle of Wight in England in 2012. According to a recent New York Times investigation, master recordings by Petty may have been destroyed in a 2008 fire. Samir Hussein/Getty Images hide caption
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'Wake-Up Call' About A Broken System: New Study Shows Failings Of Probation, Parole
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians performing at the state capitol, in Annapolis, June 13, to urge Gov. Larry Hogan to release state funding for the financially strapped orchestra. Cheryl Diaz Meyer/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
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Composer Emile Mosseri (left) and director Joe Talbot (right) of The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Ghazal Sheei/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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The Score Of 'The Last Black Man In San Francisco' Sounds Like No Other In 2019
The Score Of 'The Last Black Man In San Francisco' Sounds Like No Other In 2019
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Charli XCX's third studio album, Charli, comes out Sept. 13. Marcus Cooper/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Chuck Berry in the Chess Records recording studio. The New York Times reports that originals of Berry's Chess catalog were burned in the 2008 Universal fire. Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
From Chuck Berry To Tupac Shakur: Taking Stock Of The 2008 Universal Fire
Mac Miller posthumously features on Free Nationals' new single. G L Askew II for NPR hide caption
Radiohead, pictured in 1997, around the original release of OK Computer. Jim Steinfeldt/Getty Images hide caption
Bob Dylan, photographed in his Rolling Thunder Revue face paint. Netflix hide caption