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A 300-year-old Mexican musical tradition is finding new life around the world — one sweaty, joyous, all-night fandango at a time.

The dam appeared to break in 2024, as South African phenom Tyla made Grammy and chart history. But for a wide field of buzzed-about voices, the path to a crossover has narrowed.

As the classical concert season ramps up, two of America's finest orchestras will soon be led by new conductors when Daniel Harding takes over in Los Angeles and Elim Chan leads in San Francisco.

A year after pulling its music in protest, the duo is back on Spotify. For Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, that journey has been frustrating, eye-opening — and full of smaller victories.

A self-described "folkie to the bone," Giddens sings and plays banjo and fiddle in this interview. Her latest album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, takes its name from an Emily Dickinson poem.

The band's new album, Scour Order, looks back on nearly two decades of making challenging metal and forges a new way forward.

Neil Young talks to NPR about his reflective 50th studio album, Second Song, out Sept. 18.

Caroline Rose's new album, Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall, is out Oct. 23.

Plus, Kennedy performs an intimate set at Bewley's Cafe Theatre, tucked just off of Dublin's bustling Grafton Street.

Wilson, whose deep, dark contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz, died on Wednesday in her hometown of Jackson, Miss.