Tap into the peaceful mindset from days on the water. Kara Frame/NPR hide caption
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Kanye West, pictured at the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California. His long-awaited album, DONDA is on NPR Music's shortlist of the best releases out on July 23. Rich Fury/VF20/Getty Images for Vanity Fair hide caption
A variety of artists remember acclaimed composer Armando Manzanero. Renee Klahr/NPR Illustration hide caption
Watch Calma Carmona perform "When I Was Your Girl" in this NPR Live Sessions video playlist. Noah Silvestry/WXPN hide caption
Chicano Batman plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
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Chicano Batman On World Cafe
Guatemala's Kathy Palma is one of the artists featured n this week's show. Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Car Seat Headrest. The band's latest, Making a Door Less Open, tops our shortlist of the best new albums out on May 1. Carlos Cruz Sol/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Alice Bag had one of the best songs and albums of the year so far. Greg Velasquez/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Chicano Batman and Miguel collaborate on re-imagined songs. Courtesy of Mitu hide caption
A still from the new Chicano Batman video, "Freedom Is Free" Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
The members of Chicano Batman are, from left to right, Carlos Arévalo, Gabriel Villa, Bardo Martinez and Eduardo Arenas. Josue Rivas/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chicano Batman performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Mar., 30, 2017. (Marian Carrasquero/NPR) Marian Carrasquero/NPR hide caption
Chicano Batman outside the World Cafe performance studio at WXPN in Philadelphia. Galea McGregor/WXPN hide caption
Latin Roots: Chicano Batman
Spoon (left), Chicano Batman (center) and Valerie June (right) will perform at the SXSW Radio Day Stage. (Photos: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images, Adam Kissick/NPR, Tiana Timmerberg/WXPN.) Getty Images/NPR/WXPN hide caption
Freedom Is Free is the latest album by Los Angeles quartet Chicano Batman. Left to right: Eduardo Arenas, Bardo Martinez, Gabriel Villa, Carlos Arévalo. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chicano Batman: A Sound And Vision That Could Only Come From Los Angeles
Chicano Batman's new album, Freedom Is Free, comes out March 3. Josue Rivas/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chicano Batman in a still from its video for "Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)." Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chicano Batman performs "Right Off The Back" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase. NPR hide caption
Chicano Batman performs "Cycles Of Existential Rhyme" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase. NPR hide caption
Chicano Batman performs "Joven Navegante" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase. NPR hide caption