Janelle Monáe gives a commencement speech at Loyola Marymount University's 2024 Graduate ceremony. JC Olivera/Getty Images hide caption
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Rickie Lee Jones and Tom Waits as seen in Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour. Sal Sdestro/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Rickie Lee Jones on World Cafe
Rickie Lee Jones performs on Saturday Night Live in 1982, the year after she released her second album, Pirates. NBC/Getty Images hide caption
Etta James, left, Marvell Thomas and David Hood rehearse a song before recording at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala., circa 1967. House Of Fame LLC/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images hide caption
MGMT, The Stone Roses, Guns N' Roses and Marshall Crenshaw all made career-defining debut albums. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Rickie Lee Jones on World Cafe
The new album The Other Side of Desire marks Jones' first original material in years, spurred on by a life-changing move to New Orleans. David McClister/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Leaving Los Angeles: Rickie Lee Jones Turns A Decade Into An Album
Rickie Lee Jones' new album, The Other Side of Desire, will be out on June 23. David McClister/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Rickie Lee Jones Embraces 'The Big Invisible'
Rickie Lee Jones' new album, The Devil You Know, is a collection of covers. "I think [I recorded the album] partially to remind people that a singer is the one who interprets the song," she says. "And once you do that, it's yours." Myriam Santos/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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