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Just as the 2008 presidential election exposed and ultimately crossed gender, racial and generational barriers, many of the year's notable recordings explored and wrestled with different kinds of boundaries — some musical, some cultural, and some almost unimaginable if not for the power of music.

When clarinetist Stanley Drucker retires from the New York Philharmonic at the end of June, he will have played in more than 10,200 concerts, with 400 different conductors, over a 60-year tenure.

Can a bad mood be contagious? Lulu Miller, from NPR's Invisibilia podcast, examines one of the ways in which we're all connected –- whether we realize it or not.

The composer and percussionist was "shocked beyond belief" after hearing the news on Monday afternoon.

One of the first modern women composers to reach international acclaim, Sofia Gubaidulina, wrote bold music inspired by Eastern and Western philosophies and the joy of sound itself.

Netflix and other streaming services don't release ratings data. This makes it a hard company to negotiate with and makes it hard for competitors to know what they're up against.

A new album, American Counterpoints, reasserts the importance of two 20th century Black composers whose work has been neglected.

Based in New York, David Gura is a correspondent on NPR's business desk. His stories are broadcast on NPR's newsmagazines, All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition, and he regularly guest hosts 1A, a co-production of NPR and WAMU.

In the run-up to the Sochi Olympics, a sudden revelation: A very popular Japanese composer, Mamoru Samuragochi, announced that he doesn't write his music. And that's not all: he also admitted that he isn't as deaf as he previously claimed.

It turns out beans aren't the only musical fruit. The London Vegetable Orchestra is one of many musical acts that uses all sorts of fruit and veg to produce sweet (and savory) sounds.