With a diverse lineup of collaborators on a genre-fluid set of duets, Meshell Ndegeocello proves herself to be one of the most imaginative artists of our time.

A lot of people cite the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band as the most significant turning point for The Beatles, when the band took its biggest creative leap. But, really, that turning point began with Rubber Soul in 1965.

Lambert started out as a scrappy country singer with a me-against-the-world attitude. How did she end up making lush disco songs and writing one of the biggest pop hits of the year?

With a sound that incorporates indie rock, soul, R&B, and psychedelia, Oh He Dead's new album is full of surprises.

After selling tens of millions of records worldwide, the singer-songwriter says she's finally aged out of pop music — and she's OK with that. Crow's latest album is Pick You Up.

Mama's Broke is on a west coast tour in support of their new album "Reunion". They stopped in for the their 2nd JPR Live Session.

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

The Australian musician's newest album is named for a neighborhood bar in Melbourne that just so happens to have a recording studio upstairs.

With a catalog that includes hip-hop, R&B, psychedelic sounds, and straight pop, Beck shows his introspective side on his new acoustic album "Ride Lonesome."

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.

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