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Composer Maria Schneider draws on her rural Minnesota roots in her new album. Critic Kevin Whitehead says that while Schneider can do grandeur, "once in awhile, the majesty gets a little too purple."

Hear some iconic songs and comedic sketches performed by the iconic Broadway star, who died Tuesday at age 97.

The solo LP from the Elephant 6 collective member is dense, but its antique nostalgia is beautiful.

The man who wrote "The Charleston" also had orchestral music played at Carnegie Hall. Baltimore Symphony conductor Marin Alsop retraces her detective work in uncovering lost symphonic works by jazz piano pioneer James P. Johnson.

Israel has launched a strike against Iran, a U.S. official tells NPR. Taylor Swift's highly anticipated "Tortured Poets Department" is here.

A pug beagle dressed as a Tudor gentleman. A colorfully rendered cockatoo. Sculpture. Stained glass. Cross stitch. We asked you to share artwork inspired by your pets, and you all outdid yourselves.

Composer-bandleader Maria Schneider's The Thompson Fields and alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's Bird Calls tie for top album honors among 147 writers and broadcasters.

Over the first half of the year, we listened, argued and collected nearly 200 songs we loved from nearly a dozen genres. You can hear every single one of them here.

Rock journalist Bob Spitz's new biography of the Beatles is decidedly not prettified: venereal disease, drugs, and bad business are all part of the story of the Fab Four. The book is The Beatles: The Biography.

More than 400 of the best songs of 2015, selected by NPR Music's dedicated listeners and crossing more than a dozen genres. And you can listen to every single one.