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Jason Burt, of Clarksburg, Calif., got help from Grammy award-winning sound engineers to digitize and prepare recordings of his grandfather, Richard Burt, playing trumpet in the 746th Far East Air Force Band. Angelee Arceo Photography hide caption
Paul Jackson performs with the Headhunters at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, The Netherlands, in 1998. Peter Van Breukelen/Getty Images hide caption
Sasha Velour stars in The Island We Made, an opera composed by Angélica Negrón and filmed in a mid-century Staten Island house. Matthew Placek/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'The Island We Made': Lip-Sync Opera And High Drag Sing An Ode To Mothers
James Levine conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2007. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Megan Thee Stallion, who took home the awards for best new artist and two rap categories, performs with Cardi B at the 2021 Grammy Awards ceremony. CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images hide caption
If we could literally take one thing away from the Grammys, Harry Styles' feather boa might be it. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for the Recording Academy hide caption
Beyoncé (left) and Megan Thee Stallion, who each won three awards at the 2021 Grammy Awards, accept trophy for best rap performance on March 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
Billie Eilish (left) and FINNEAS accept the Record of the Year award for Eilish's song "Everything I Wanted" during the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
Mac Phipps, the rapper formerly signed to No Limit Records, has been granted clemency after 21 years in prison. Dale Edwin Murray for NPR hide caption
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Music venues, like the Metro in Chicago, have gone through a long and uncertain wait for aid passed by Congress in December. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Cassette tapes gave new control to music fans, allowing them to create and share their own collections of songs in a cheap and easily portable format. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Lara Downes. Her recent album, Phenomenal Women, featured recordings of compositions by Black female composers whose legacies have been overlooked by the classical establishment. Max Barrett/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
With Her Recording Series 'Rising Sun,' Lara Downes Re-Centers Black Composers
Jeremie Pennick, better known as Benny The Butcher, in a portrait from 2021. His new album, Plugs I Met 2, will be released March 19. Cam Kirk/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bunny Wailer was the last living founder of iconic Jamaican reggae band The Wailers. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Dolly Parton, pictured performing in May 2014, shared a video of herself getting her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. Wade Payne/Invision/via AP hide caption
Bunny Wailer photographed in London in 1988. David Corio/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
Bunny Wailer, Iconic Reggae Singer And Wailers Co-Founder, Has Died At Age 73
Ralph Peterson Jr., performing in 2012 at Symphony Space in New York. Dave Kaufman hide caption
From left: Tyshawn Sorey, Vijay Iyer and Linda May Han Oh. The trio, Iyer's newest, collaborated on the album Uneasy. Craig Marsden/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
McKinley "Mac" Phipps at Lousiana's Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in 2011. Courtesy of the Phipps family hide caption
Rapper Mac Phipps, After 20 Years In Prison, Is One Step Closer To Freedom
Fans photographed on the eve of Daft Punk's album launch, held in the tiny Australian town of Wee Waa, on May 17, 2013. Shanna Whan/AFP/AFP via Getty Images hide caption