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Carnegie Hall Live: The Cleveland Orchestra Plays Brahms, Shostakovich And Saariaho

PROGRAM BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 KAIJA SAARIAHO Laterna magica SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6 in B Minor The Cleveland Orchestra brings an intriguing brew of aged and new to this unison during Carnegie Hall: one of a best-loved piano concertos of all time played by a master soloist, an emotionally complicated mid-20th century harmony and [...]

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Garbage: After An Absence, Always The Oddball

Courtesy of the artist “I wanted to make loud, guitar-driven rock again,”

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Balthrop, Alabama, ‘You’ve Gotta Be Gay’: Prisoners Meet Parasols

Warning: This post, about a song by Balthrop, Alabama (a 10-piece Brooklyn band, not a extremely musical township), includes numerous instances of coordinated jazz hands and chorus line kicks.

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T-Bone Burnett On World Cafe

Legendary singer-songwriter and folk-rock pioneer T-Bone Burnett is known for his captivatin

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First Listen: Regina Spektor, ‘What We Saw From The Cheap Seats’

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Bee Gee Robin Gibb Dies Of Cancer At 62

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Adam Lambert: ‘I Want To Sing It Big’

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Behind The Shades: Slash Tries To ‘Figure This Thing Out’

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Baritone Fischer-Diskau Was One Of Opera’s Greatest

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