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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

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A Grandson's Gift — A Spotlight — For His Grandfather's WWII Band

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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

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'The Island We Made': Lip-Sync Opera And High Drag Sing An Ode To Mothers

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James Levine conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2007. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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James Levine, Former Met Opera Music Director, Is Dead At Age 77

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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

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Beyoncé Reigns And Billie Eilish Repeats At 2021 Grammy Awards

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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

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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

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Shuttered Venue Grants Are Coming In April, After A Long Wait

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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

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With Her Recording Series 'Rising Sun,' Lara Downes Re-Centers Black Composers

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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

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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

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Bunny Wailer photographed in London in 1988. David Corio/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption

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Bunny Wailer, Iconic Reggae Singer And Wailers Co-Founder, Has Died At Age 73

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McKinley "Mac" Phipps at Lousiana's Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in 2011. Courtesy of the Phipps family hide caption

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Rapper Mac Phipps, After 20 Years In Prison, Is One Step Closer To Freedom

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