Seratones' debut album, Get Gone, comes out May 6. Chad Kamenshine/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Left to right: Melissa McCarthy in Ghostbusters, Chris Evans in Captain America: Civil War, Ellen DeGeneres in Finding Dory, Will Smith and Jai Courtney in Suicide Squad. Hopper Stone/Sony Pictures; Zade Rosenthal/Marvel; Courtesy of Pixar; Courtesy of Warner Bros./Raptac-Dune hide caption
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Prince in 2011. Neil Lupin/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
The Jayhawks' new album, Paging Mr. Proust, comes out April 29. Heidi Ehalt/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The cast recording of the Broadway musical Bright Star comes out April 29. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Rufus Wainwright's new album, Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets, comes out April 22. Matthew Welch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Tiny Desk Concert with Palehound. Brandon Chew/Brandon Chew/NPR hide caption
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Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop's new album, Love Letter For Fire, comes out April 15. Josh Wool/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Henry Cavill as Superman in Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
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Charles Bradley showed us why he's called the "Screaming Eagle of Soul." Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
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Margo Price performs at Stubb's BBQ in Austin, Texas. NPR hide caption
Andrew Bird's new album, Are You Serious, comes out on April 1. Reuben Cox/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Jeff Buckley's new album, You And I, comes out March 11. David Gahr/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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To get ready for SXSW 2016, we listened to more than 1,800 artists. Check out the app we made of the 100 musicians we'll be keeping an eye on this year in Austin. NPR hide caption