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Music NewsImprisoned Rapper’s Father Elected in Belize2008-02-18 06:01 - Jamal (Shyne) Barrow, right, the young rapper and Sean Combs protégé serving a 10-year sentence in New York State for a 1999 nightclub shooting that injured three people, has a friend in high places, highbridnation.com reported. Last weekend the Central American country Belize elected its first black prime minister. He is Dean Barrow, the father of Jamal, who could be released this year. Flowing and Intricate, With a Toe in Many Styles 2008-02-18 06:01 - In pianist Edward Simon’s first set on Tuesday at the Village Vanguard, his debut there as a leader, he projected flowing ease along with a canny sense of drama. Poetry and Song to Plumb the Russian Soul’s Depths 2008-02-18 06:01 - Misha Rachlevsky, the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin ’s music director, elicited warm, full-blooded and virtuosic playing with colorfully shaped, gleaming phrases at Weill Recital Hall on Tuesday. Why, Beethoven, You?ve Gone Mahlerian 2008-02-18 06:01 - The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, which has been making Beethoven’s Opus 95 String Quartet a classroom preoccupation, sent its Curtis Symphony Orchestra to Carnegie Hall on Tuesday to show what it has been learning. Barber, Bernstein and Other Heroes of U.S. History 2008-02-18 05:43 - The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has put its marketing muscle at the service of its Winter Festival, thematic programs that typically have both major works and padding. A Band That Cradles Its Rock, Even Under All Those Layers of Expectati... 2008-02-18 05:42 - Yannis Philippakis, lead singer of the emerging British band Foals, spent most of Tuesday night with both his hands on his chest. He wasn?t being shy; he was playing the guitar. Upholding the Standards of Smooth Jazz Purists 2008-02-18 05:42 - Kenny G, regent of the smoothiverse, tries to conquer another realm at Jazz at Lincoln Center. A Little Bit of Country, a Little Bit of Dark Despair 2008-02-18 05:41 - Lari White brings a light touch to her show of jazz and Broadway songs at the Algonquin Hotel. But how light can it be before you don?t feel it at all? A Couple of Country Singers Stop to Strut a City Stage 2008-02-18 05:41 - In their different ways, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood each put on a wholly entertaining show, which isn?t always the same thing as a wholly successful show. Exploring Folk and Soft Rock and Discovering Pop Standards 2008-02-18 05:41 - Unfailingly demure, stalwartly upbeat and blessed with a vocal technique second to none, Maureen McGovern might be described as the Julie Andrews of the Love Generation. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 |
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