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La Vida Boheme's latest album is La Lucha — or, "the struggle."

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After Fleeing An Apocalypse, La Vida Boheme Embraces Its Immigrant Story

8:27am March 30, 2017

The Venezuelan rockers moved to Mexico as protest and corruption were swallowing their hometown of Caracas. Life in a foreign country became the inspiration for their latest album, La Lucha.

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Sergio Mendoza, shown performing for NPR in Austin, Texas, is featured in one segment of this week's episode.

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Music Magazine: Sergio Mendoza, Vinyl Collectors And Tejano Punks On Film

8:01am March 30, 2017

by Felix Contreras

Hear three mini-profiles of musicians and filmmakers whose art captures Latinx culture and identity — in three very different ways.

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Sergio Mendoza's Orkesta Mendoza fuses sounds from both the U.S. and Mexico.

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Orkesta Mendoza: A Border Story

8:00am March 30, 2017

by Sarah Ventre

Bandleader Sergio Mendoza talks about how growing up on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border affected him and his music.

Punk luchadores are part of the south Texas music scene.

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'As I Walk Through The Valley' Captures South Texas' Vibrant Music Scene

8:00am March 30, 2017

by Felix Contreras

The film is a love letter to the music scene in the Rio Grande Valley, made by two artists who live there themselves.

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Laura Marling's new album is Semper Femina.

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Laura Marling On The Notion Of The Female Muse

5:47am March 30, 2017

by Vince Pearson

Marling got interested in figures who inspire others to make art — and how that role got tied to femininity. On the new album Semper Femina, she tests the principle by picking a few muses of her own.

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Annie Hardy's new album, Rules, comes out April 7.

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First Listen: Annie Hardy, 'Rules'

12:00am March 30, 2017

by Jason Heller

"Writing these songs saved me," Hardy has said of Rules. And in that salvation, she's crafted one of the most moving pieces of music likely to be released this year.