T-Pain. Joshua Rashaad McFadden/Courtesy of RCA Records hide caption
El-P (Jaime Meline) and Killer Mike (Michael Render) are Run the Jewels. Timothy Saccenti /Courtesy of Biz 3 Publicity hide caption
Robert Lee Watt was a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for more than three decades. Courtesy of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers hide caption
Bette Midler's new album, a tribute to girl groups, is titled It's The Girls. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich's once brilliant career took a dive after the official party paper criticized one of his operas in 1936. Shostakovich responded with his powerful Fifth Symphony. Central Press/Getty Images hide caption
To create Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes, T Bone Burnett (third from left) assembled the talents of Elvis Costello, Jim James, Jay Bellerose, Rhiannon Giddens, Marcus Mumford and Taylor Goldsmith. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
In addition to his work with bands Parliament and Funkadelic, George Clinton has produced music as a solo artist since the 1980s. William Thoren/Simon & Schuster hide caption
Rapper DOOM, Zev Lov X of KMD, performs at the I'll Be Your Mirror festival in London, July 2011. Jim Dyson/Getty Images hide caption