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Anything for Selena weaves the life of the late Tejano singer together with that of the podcast's host, Maria Garcia.

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The Podcast 'Anything For Selena' Tells A Story Larger Than The Artist's Life

4:31pm February 04, 2021

Ari Shapiro speaks with host Maria Garcia, whose childhood on the U.S.-Mexico border informs the show's storytelling about the late queen of Tejano music.

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Melanie Charles: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

10:34am February 04, 2021

by Nikki Birch

The rising jazz flutist blends Afrofuturistic jazz and Haitian folk in a transfixing Tiny Desk quarantine concert for our Black History Month celebration.

"There's so many people who refuse to hear each other and refuse to understand," says Tamara Lindeman. "The album, I think, is in part about this process of moving through denial into understanding."

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On 'Ignorance,' The Weather Station Compels You To Care

8:00am February 04, 2021

by Marissa Lorusso

During an intense reckoning with the global climate crisis, Tamara Lindeman wrote much her new album. For her, the biggest takeaway was "to acknowledge that I could care this much and this deeply."

Morgan Wallen performs in November at the CMA Awards, where he won the New Artist of the Year award.

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Country Star Morgan Wallen Suspended By Label, Dropped By Radio, CMT After Using Slur

4:50pm February 03, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

The moves came after TMZ posted a video of the fast-rising country star using a racial slur.

On Strawberry Mansion, Langhorne Slim dives into the aftermath of his struggle with addiction, hometown memories and mental health.

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Langhorne Slim Finds Peace In The Chaos On 'Strawberry Mansion'

4:36pm February 03, 2021

After getting help with his addiction and while pausing for the pandemic, Langhorne Slim found songs — happy, sad, anxious, joyful — to be pouring out of him like deep breaths.

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Immanuel Wilkins: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

4:13pm February 03, 2021

by Suraya Mohamed

The jazz saxophonist and his quartet perform three songs that speak directly to the struggle and triumph of the Black experience for Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration.

Downtown Austin on St. Patrick's Day was almost empty amid Coronavirus concerns

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City Scenes: Austin On Pause

9:51am February 03, 2021

by Jeff McCord

KUTX examines the impact of SXSW's absence from local venues this year.

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The Blind Spot In The Great American Protest Song

9:01am February 03, 2021

by Sam Kesler

Jennifer Lopez's performance of "This Land Is Your Land" at last month's presidential inauguration ceremony has reignited conversations about the erasure of Native Americans in the iconic folk tune.

In "Broken Harvest," Madison Cunningham writes as an artist who has lost major opportunities to the pandemic, but found inspiration in her time off.

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On 'Broken Harvest,' Madison Cunningham Is Hopeful For A Fresh Start

8:07am February 03, 2021

2020 was set to be a fruitful year for the artist, full of travel and music. In her contribution to Morning Edition's Song Project, she faces the reality of that loss and finds hope in starting over.

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Saint Coltrane: The Church Built On 'A Love Supreme'

6:07pm February 02, 2021

Jazz Night visits the St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church, an evolving house of worship that has incorporated John Coltrane's A Love Supreme album as their chief liturgical text.