NPR's Leila Fadel talks to pianist Lara Downes about her interview series Amplify, which examines how Black artists today might find themselves in a new cultural renaissance.

Watch Lara Downes' conversation with the 23-year-old, Grammy-nominated sensation about balancing the demands of a surging career and the women artists who paved the way.

This Juneteenth, pianist Lara Downes remembers the freedom that has been hard fought and hard won.

This Juneteenth, pianist Lara Downes remembers the freedom that has been hard fought and hard won.