Simon Smith's new album traces the career of Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov. Veronica Alva/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Christine Tran (left), Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson (center) and Emma Burgess-Olson run the all-female DJ booking agency Discwoman. Aurora Halal/Courtesy of Discwoman hide caption
Guitarist, actor and writer Carrie Brownstein performing with her band Sleater-Kinney at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Alex Schelldorf/NPR hide caption
An Alpine Symphony, by Richard Strauss, depicts a dawn to dusk climb up a mountain. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Carrie Brownstein is the co-creator and co-star of the TV series Portlandia. Autumn de Wilde/Riverhead Books hide caption
Recording artist Drake speaks about Apple Music during the Apple WWDC on June 8, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
The British rock group Deep Purple in 1969. Eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1993, the group behind "Smoke On The Water" has been nominated for the third time. John Minihan/Getty Images hide caption
Timmy Thomas performs on the television show The Midnight Special in 1973. Frank Carroll/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images hide caption
Iris DeMent's version of the hymn "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms" was used at the end of the Coen Brothers' movie True Grit. Courtesy of the artist hide caption