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Music News

In Harlem, 2 Record Stores Go the Way of the Vinyl
2008-01-22 06:01 - Two record store owners who have been friendly rivals for Harlem’s music dollars for almost two generations are on the cusp of being forced out of business within weeks of each other.

Andy Palacio, Who Saved Garifuna Music, Dies at 47
2008-01-22 05:41 - Mr. Palacio was a bandleader and songwriter who spearheaded a revival of the Garifuna music of Central America.

John Stewart, Who Wrote Monkees Hit, Dies at 68
2008-01-22 05:41 - Mr. Stewart wrote the Monkees hit ?Daydream Believer? and helped create the style that came to be called Americana.

None but Soulful Hearts for Schubert and Goethe
2008-01-22 05:40 - Goethe took up much of this Schubert recital at Carnegie Hall.

Indie Riffs Wrapped in Reverb
2008-01-22 05:40 - All three bands on the bill ? Blonde Redhead, the Raveonettes and School of Seven Bells ? enveloped their songs in the overtone haze of reverb.

Evolving and Mutating, Dubstep Splits Cells and Gives Life to Dance Fl...
2008-01-22 05:40 - The gig was billed as the American debut of D1, a dubstep producer and D.J. from London.

Born of ?Juno?: A Hit Soundtrack With an Uneasy Singer at Its Heart
2008-01-22 05:40 - For Kimya Dawson, the 35-year-old den mother of the tiny anti-folk scene, all the attention for her music in the film ?Juno? is a little troubling.

Power Ballads for Suburbanites
2008-01-22 05:40 - Wholesomeness reigned when Rascal Flatts, the top band in 21st-century country music, headlined Madison Square Garden.

Settling Old Scores by Beethoven
2008-01-21 06:01 - A professor in England challenges some widely held assumptions about Beethoven’s sonatas.

Inspired by Old Masters, and Each Other’s Artistry
2008-01-21 06:01 - The pianist Leif Ove Andsnes was the soloist in a vibrant, brilliant performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat.

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