Ruston Kelly performs live on the 2018 AmericanaFest's Day Stage presented by WMOT, NPR Music and World Cafe. Val Hoeppner/WMOT hide caption
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The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 was released on Oct. 18, 1988. Courtesy of Wilbury hide caption
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Prince's posthumous release Piano and a Microphone, 1983 is on our list of the best albums out on Sep. 21. Mike Maloney/Mirrorpix/Getty Images hide caption
Prince's first posthumous album, Piano & A Microphone 1983, is out now. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Dom McLennon, Matt Champion, and Kevin Abstract of BROCKHAMPTON perform at Lollapalooza 2018. The hip-hop boy band's latest album iridescence, is out now. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images hide caption
Hayley Williams of Paramore performs onstage in Chicago, Ill. in 2013. Photo Illustration: Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images for Clear Channel and Angela Hsieh/NPR hide caption
"Harper Valley P.T.A." was a sassy, country-pop song that captured the anger many women felt about double standards they faced in 1968. William Lovelace/Getty Images hide caption
Lyn Collins, pictured here in 1970, inspired the chorus to Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock's pioneering hip-hop hit "It Takes Two." Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Paul McCartney's 18th solo album Egypt Station debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images hide caption
Tony Bennett and Diana Krall share their love of George and Ira Gershwin with the new album, Love Is Here to Stay. Mike Coppola/Getty Images hide caption
Tony Bennett And Diana Krall On Reincarnating Gershwin Classics: 'It Never Goes Out Of Style'
Rapper Noname's Room 25 is our pick for one of the best albums out on Sep. 14. Chantal Anderson hide caption
Mary Halsey of Rhode Island is joined by the rapper Missy Elliott in a surprise performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. YouTube / TheEllenShow hide caption
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Mariah Carey on the cover of her "GTFO" single. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"It's one of the things which make me really happy, and if a musician offers me a beautiful melody I cannot resist," Françoise Hardy says. Benoit Peverelli/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Illuminati Hotties. Lexi Bonin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Clockwise from upper left: Thom Yorke, Sylvan Esso, Buke & Gase, Amber Arcades, Theodore Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Paul McCartney's Egypt Station is on our shortlist for the week's best new albums, out on Sep. 7. Mary McCartney hide caption