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An impromptu memorial for Aretha Franklin outside New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit — the same church where Franklin's father Rev. C.L. Franklin was a minister and where she began her singing career. Taken Aug. 19, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption
Aretha Franklin performs at the Fillmore West in San Francisco on March 5, 1971. Robert Altman/Getty Images hide caption
Aretha Franklin was in her element with comedians John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd on the set of The Blues Brothers. Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Aretha Franklin recording at Columbia Studios in 1962. Donaldson Collection/Getty Images hide caption
Aretha Franklin performs at the national Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Washington, D.C., in 2013. Franklin died on Thursday in Detroit. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Rodney Crowell, whose new album Acoustic Classics has the Nashville legend reinterpreting some of his catalog from a new vantage point. Austin Lord/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
For Rodney Crowell, A Godfather Of Americana, The Work Is Never Finished
Iraqi-born, New Mexico-based composer and oud player Rahim Alhaj. Michael G. Stewart/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
After much searching, we found the perfect spot right outside their window. Or did it find us? Levon and Rick's yard. Woodstock, NY, '68 Elliott Landy/LandyVision, Inc hide caption
As hip-hop has become the most listened-to genre, Drake is perhaps its last true crossover artist: at home in pop and rap, radio and streaming. He will release his latest album, Scorpion, on June 29. Mike Windle/Getty Images hide caption
John Coltrane (right) with McCoy Tyner at New Jersey's Van Gelder studios in 1963, one day after the session that would become the newly unveiled Both Directions at Once. Joe Alper /Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC hide caption
The hosts of Hot 97's Ebro in the Morning (left to right: Ebro Darden, Laura Stylez, Peter Rosenberg) in New York in 2015. Johnny Nunez/Getty Images hide caption
Dave Matthews Band performs in St Paul., Minn. in February. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for CBS Radio Inc. hide caption
Willie Nelson (left) and Waylon Jennings perform at Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic in 1978. Leonard Kamsler/Courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum hide caption
Weezer fans at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on May 14, 2016, in California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for CBS Radio Inc. hide caption
A still from Donald Glover's "This Is America" video. Donald Glover/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Donald Glover's 'This Is America' Holds Ugly Truths To Be Self-Evident
Canadian singer Tenille Townes listens in the studio of Nashville producer Jay Joyce while recording her debut album. Reid Long/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Some of the members of the We Have Voice Collective, the authors of a new code of conduct for preventing harassment in performing arts spaces. Front row, seated (left to right): Linda May Han Oh, Jen Shyu, Sara Serpa. Back row, standing (left to right): Imani Uzuri, María Grand, Terri Lyne Carrington, Fay Victor. Jacob Blickenstaff hide caption
Ronnie Moipolai, an artist featured on the compilation I'm Not Here to Hunt Rabbits. Johannes Vollebregt hide caption
Lion Babe performs at 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Weekend 1 on April 15, 2018 in Indio, Calif. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella hide caption
Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for music this week, becoming the first non-classical or jazz artist to do so. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Clara Lionel Foundation hide caption
Kendrick Lamar in 2015. The rapper was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Mike Pont/Getty Images hide caption