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Music News

Music: Material Woman, Restoring Her Brand
2008-04-28 06:01 - Madonna’s latest album, ?Hard Candy,? promises instant gratification of a musical sweet tooth, and her continuing commercial potency.

Music: A Flood of Emotion in a Song
2008-04-28 06:01 - ?Louisiana 1927? has become the state’s unofficial anthem in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina.

Jimmy Giuffre, Jazz Musician, Is Dead at 86
2008-04-28 05:41 - In his 50-year journey through jazz, the adventurous clarinetist, composer and arranger went from writing the Woody Herman anthem ?Four Brothers? to creating striking experimental orchestral works.

A Night Out With | Jamie Lidell: Mexican for the Soul
2008-04-28 05:40 - Jamie Lidell, the 34-year-old British soul singer, samples tacos and various flavored margaritas in SoHo.

Playlist: Trippy Rock, Relaxed Jazz and Other Delights
2008-04-28 05:40 - Releases by Animal Collective, Houston Person with Ron Carter, Stebmo, Griffin House, Pete Robbins and Michael Doucet.

Music: Maverick With a Message of Solidarity
2008-04-28 05:40 - The American composer Frederic Rzewski has been inspired by war songs, a notorious prison riot and even a rubber duck.

Music Review: Masur’s Vigorous Last Laps in Paris
2008-04-27 06:01 - The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is a splendid Art Nouveau hall that was the site of the most scandalous premiere of the 20th century, the first performance of Stravinsky’s ballet ?The Rite of Spring? in 1913.

Music Review | Paul Simon: Simon and Song Reunion: Celebrating a Life’...
2008-04-27 06:01 - In an evening with many guest stars and some excellent performances, the focus of ?American Tunes? never strayed from Paul Simon’s wry and searching narrative voice.

Music Review | ’Our Town’: Leaving High Drama Behind for a Trip to Gro...
2008-04-27 06:01 - Thornton Wilder’s play and Ned Rorem’s setting of ?Our Town? both are sweet-tempered without being sugar-coated as seen at the Juilliard Opera Center on Wednesday.

A Deadhead’s Dream for a Campus Archive
2008-04-27 06:01 - The Grateful Dead will donate a cache of their papers and props to the University of California, Santa Cruz, which plans to use the items in a research center.

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