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Jennifer Lopez plays singer Selena Quintanilla Perez in the 1997 film Selena.

20 Years Ago, Biopic Helped Give Pop Star Selena Life Beyond Her Tragic Death

11:50pm March 21, 2017

In the 1990s, Tejano music singer Selena Quintanilla Perez made a rare crossover to mainstream American audiences. The movie Selena debuted two years after her murder.

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DakhaBrakha performs a lullaby during SXSW.

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South X Lullaby: DakhaBrakha

8:28pm March 21, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Watch the utterly unique Ukranian band play a quiet, contemplative lullaby that reminds us that we have "time to laugh and cry, time to live and die."

Chuck Berry on stage in London in 1965. Berry died March 18, 2017, at the age of 90.

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Bittersweet Little Rock And Roller

7:55pm March 21, 2017

by Ann Powers

Chuck Berry's life story includes serious mistreatment of women, but fully reckoning with his legacy means also acknowledging the women and girls who made his groundbreaking rock and roll possible.

Strand Of Oaks performs at WXPN's Free At Noon concert at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

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Strand Of Oaks On World Cafe

6:03pm March 21, 2017

by David Dye

The never-reticent Timothy Showalter discusses how his latest album, Hard Love, deals with the pull between domesticity and the call of the wild.

Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski's new album, Fantasies, features music by Mozart and Schumann.

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On 'Fantasies,' Mozart and Schumann Shimmer In The Shadows

5:13pm March 21, 2017

by Tom Huizenga

Piotr Anderszewski is one of the most revered pianists today, and one of the most delightfully unpredictable. His new album links composers with a direct line from brainstorm to masterpiece.

Judy Roberts is featured on this week's episode of Piano Jazz.

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Judy Roberts On Piano Jazz

5:08pm March 21, 2017

One of Chicago's best-loved musicians joined Marian McPartland in front of a live audience at WAMC in 2003.

Hear new music from Jacques Greene on this week's episode of Metropolis.

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Metropolis: 3/18/17

4:25pm March 21, 2017

KCRW's Jason Bentley spins a two-hour EDM mix featuring music from Jacques Greene, Lee Foss and Soulwax.

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Why SXSW Matters: The Best Of What We Saw, 2017

3:08pm March 21, 2017

We go to SXSW in order to find music we're unlikely to see in our own backyard, find something thrilling, then shout out our fervent support. In this episode, we do exactly that.

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Chuck Berry performs onstage at London's Rainbow Theatre in 1973.

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Chuck Berry Taught Me How To Be An American

2:45pm March 21, 2017

by Siva Vaidhyanathan

For the author, the child of an immigrant, the discovery of Berry's songs — two decades after they were recorded — decoded the meaning of American youth culture.

New U.S. regulations aimed at travelers coming from eight majority-Muslim countries on non-U.S. airline carriers stipulate that laptops and electronic devices must be put into checked luggage.

Trump's Electronics Restrictions Could Cause Headaches For Touring Musicians

2:23pm March 21, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Cities like Dubai, Istanbul, Abu Dhabi and Casablanca have become popular touring destinations for prominent artists. What effect might the new baggage restrictions have on their work?