Say She She Kaelan Barowsky/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Electronic/Dance
Spencer Doran Jonathan Sielaff/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sofia Kourtesis Iván Salinero /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Róisín Murphy Nik Pate /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
In their work as Fever Ray, artist Karin Dreijer has used eerie, experimental pop music to excavate love's more complicated or marginalized incarnations. Nina Andersson hide caption
Antonio Sánchez (right) performs a Tiny Desk concert with Bad Hombre band members BIGYUKI (from left), Lex Sadler and Thana Alexa Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, at NPRâs headquarters in Washington, D.C. Michael Zamora/NPR/Michael Zamora/NPR hide caption
BBoy B, Flash, 38 Slugs and Skol's 'Frankie Knuckles' tribute mural is displayed in the Fulton Market neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois on July 6, 2019. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images hide caption
Omah Lay performs a Tiny Desk concert Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. Michael Zamora/NPR/Michael Zamora/NPR hide caption
Kelela's emotional remove paired with the ambiguity created by her vocal performance shifts this album from narrative-telling to mood-building. Photo by Alima Lee hide caption
M. Sage Lynette Sage/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Skrillex Marilyn Hue/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Kelela Daisy Zhou/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gezan & Million Wish Collective Courtesy of the artist hide caption
In his expansive music, brakence tries on different worldviews like clothes, seeing how they fit as he develops his own theory of the world. Juliet Wolf hide caption
Japanese musician, composer, record producer, pianist, activist, writer, actor and dancer Ryuichi Sakamoto, photographed on June 30, 2016 in Paris. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption