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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.

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

Sara Bareilles talks to Morning Edition about grief, infertility and the experiences that shaped her new album.

Rooming House, the new release from Minnesota folk troubadour Charlie Parr, is a melancholy folk opera set in a boarding house where people living on the edge struggle to survive. The story examines the desperate measures people take to get by and the ways they find community.

Morgan Jahnig and Ketch Secor join World Cafe to talk about the band's latest album, Union Made.

The award-winning sibling duo from Australia expands their sound on their new release.

After a statewide listening tour, MusicOregon plans to connect musicians, venues and music businesses beyond the Portland area.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with bluegrass guitarist Billy Strings about his new album So Much for Goodbyes.

This week we begin exploring three new blues albums - Danielle Nicole puts her spin on Southern blues - Ryan "Bluwrath" Newman takes on guitar-driven blues classics - and Morgan Freeman curates a collection of Delta blues with an orchestra and a lineup of great blues players.

Olivia Rodrigo is thinking about joy, falling madly in love and what pop music can do when the world feels overwhelming.

In this moving performance, Mon Rovîa's soft, clear voice tackles difficult, yet poignant stories from his own life and the world.