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Music News

Music Review | Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin: Torn Between Two E...
2008-04-20 06:01 - The Akademie’s fine 16-person period-instrument group had many surprises on Wednesday.

Danny Federici, 58, Artist in Springsteen’s Band, Dies
2008-04-20 06:01 - Mr. Federici was Mr. Springsteen’s collaborator since they jammed together at clubs on the New Jersey shore in the 1960s.

Music Review | Eighth Blackbird: A Night of Collaboration and Energeti...
2008-04-20 05:41 - The program Eighth Blackbird played at Zankel Hall on Thursday evening showed that it is now in another league.

Robert Reed, Keyboardist, Is Dead at 50
2008-04-20 05:41 - Mr. Reed played keyboards in Trouble Funk, one of the definitive groups of go-go music.

Music Review | Artemis Quartet: A Change in Ingredients Doesn?t Always...
2008-04-20 05:40 - This Berlin quartet is thriving again, as it made excitingly clear in its performance at the New York Society for Ethical Culture on Wednesday night.

Music Review | Asha Bhosle: The Voice of Bollywood, in the Flesh
2008-04-20 05:40 - Asha Bhosle, who turns 75 in September, is probably the most recorded singer in history.

Music Review | Disella Larusdottir: From Iceland, With a Seasonal Sens...
2008-04-20 05:40 - On Wednesday night, Disella Larusdottir made her New York recital debut at Merkin Concert Hall

This Ain?t No Nightclub (at Least Not Anymore)
2008-04-20 05:40 - Cultures clash as a new store opens at the old CBGB.

Bands of All Stripes, Keeping It Green
2008-04-19 06:01 - This weekend’s Green Apple Festival, which includes free concerts in eight cities, will feature a nontraditional lineup in the hopes of getting a younger audience.

Music Review | Andras Schiff: Deconstructing Beethoven, One Piano Sona...
2008-04-19 06:01 - Andras Schiff performed cogent, vital readings of some of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday.

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