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Jesse De La Pena has been a fixture on Chicago’s DJ scene since the '80s. And now, he's a fixture about WBEZ. He’s the new Music Curator at WBEZ's sister station, Vocalo.org 89.5 FM.

On March 21, 2001, the Blues world lost a legend when Joseph Willie "Pinetop" Perkins passed away at his home in Austin, Texas.Born in Belzoni, Mississippi in 1913, Mr. Perkins started out on guitar. But when a woman slashed his arm with a knife, he was forced to switch to piano.

Burning Man is an annual festival held in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, but there are "burners" – that’s the name for devotees of the fest – right here in Chicago’s urban jungle.

A group of musicians is creating a new style of flamenco. Their twist? A touch of Chicago. Catalina Maria Johnson has the story of El Payo.  MUSIC: El PayoChicago is a long way from sunny Spain, but a local group is bringing the heat of flamenco to the Windy City.

For years, fortune seekers have uncovered treasures from the shipwrecks of failed Spanish expeditions, bringing to light the symbols of a fallen empire.

AUSTIN—As usual, the mix of overwhelming dread and undeniable excitement that characterize South by Southwest hit me at the gate at O’Hare on Tuesday morning as I climbed aboard a flight dominated by iPhone-obsessed hipsters dressed in black and with moods to match, all heading to Americ