| 07/25/2008 07:58 PM
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Music: A Century Has Passed; His Time Is Still Now
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra transformed itself into a first-rate Elliott Carter ensemble in this five-day, 10-concert celebration of the composer’s centenary.
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| 07/25/2008 08:08 PM
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Rolling Stones Switch Labels
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The Rolling Stones have left EMI, the record label that has released the group’s music since the early 1990s, and signed a deal with the Universal Music Group.
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| 07/25/2008 08:08 PM
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Music Review: Mozart, Schubert, Chelsea: The Trio
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On Thursday evening, in front of a full house at St. Peter’s Church in Chelsea, the New Amsterdam Summer Orchestra offered spirited performances of works by Mozart and Schubert.
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| 07/26/2008 01:01 AM
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Johnny Griffin, Tenor Saxophonist, Dies at 80
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Mr. Griffin was a jazz tenor-saxophonist from Chicago whose speed, control and harmonic acuity made him one of the most talented musicians of his generation.
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| 07/25/2008 10:49 PM
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Rolling Stones Switch Record Labels
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The Rolling Stones are leaving EMI and have signed a long-term recording deal with the Universal Music Group, the company announced.
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| 07/25/2008 09:13 PM
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City Room: Spike Lee’s Father, and All That Jazz
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Video: A visit to Fort Greene in Brooklyn prompts a couple of meetings with Bill Lee, the father of the filmmaker Spike Lee and a renowned musician who has played with many jazz greats.
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| 07/24/2008 10:53 PM
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Music Review: From a Veteran at the Keyboard, a Mozart Staple and a Finger-Busting Ravel
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Philippe Entremont gave a piano recital at Mannes College the New School for Music as part of the International Keyboard Institute and Festival.
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| 07/23/2008 10:01 PM
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Music Review: Portraits Sketched With Razor’s Edge
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There’s no mercy for the comfortable in the songs of Jarvis Cocker. It’s not because he’s some revolutionary outsider, but because he’s one of them.
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| 07/23/2008 09:47 PM
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Music Review: Bernstein as a Fount of Fusion
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Elegance without ostentation: that would describe the overview of Leonard Bernstein songs that the pianist Bill Charlap and the singer Kurt Elling brought to Bernstein’s theater music.
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| 07/23/2008 09:58 PM
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Music Review: A Mercurial Narrator, Tackling a Web of Issues
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Laurie Anderson tried on a basketful of murky perspectives like so many pairs of sunglasses in the first of her five Lincoln Center Festival performances.
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| 07/24/2008 01:20 AM
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Merger of XM and Sirius Appears Close to Approval
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F.C.C. approval of the union would end a nearly 18-month government review of a deal that would essentially create a monopoly in satellite radio.
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| 07/23/2008 06:00 AM
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Music Review: Onstage in the U.S., if Not on the Air
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In George Michael’s grown-up persona, frankness and vulnerability mix with dance beats and the old sex-symbol charm.
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| 07/23/2008 02:27 PM
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Growth on James Levine’s Kidney Is Seen to Be Cancerous
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The music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is expected to recover fully.
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| 07/24/2008 05:54 PM
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Music Review: At Tanglewood, a Composer Nears the Century Mark
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To celebrate the life of Elliott Carter, who turns 100 on Dec. 11, the Tanglewood Music Center is devoting this year’s programs entirely to his music.
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| 07/23/2008 10:10 AM
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Music Review: Tearful Tales Punctuated by Plenty of Grins
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The songs Karen O, the lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, performed as part of her side project Native Korean Rock & the Fishnets were teeming with heartbreak and the residue of love gone sour.
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| 07/22/2008 09:36 PM
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At New York’s Temple to Bach, a High Priest Arrives to Conduct
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If New York has a Bach temple, it is Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on Central Park West.
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| 07/22/2008 02:39 AM
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Artie Traum, 65, Stalwart of ’60s Folk Music Scene, Is Dead
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Mr. Traum was a guitarist, songwriter and producer who helped carry the spirit of the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene to Woodstock, N.Y.
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| 07/22/2008 12:12 AM
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Music Review | New Juilliard Ensemble: International Divertimenti for Sculpture and Traffic
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Music by Argentina, Venezuela, Ukraine, Britain and the United States were represented in Juilliard’s annual Summergarden concert at the Museum of Modern Art on Sunday.
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| 07/20/2008 10:29 PM
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Music Review: Day Full of Indie Amusement, Next to an Amusement Park
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The eighth Siren Music Festival, the annual free indie-rock extravaganza at Coney Island, was a sunny day at the beach full of ringing rock guitars and forecasts of doom.
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| 07/20/2008 10:41 PM
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Music Review: Dominican Sounds Meet Personal Style
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There’s no place like home for Juan Luis Guerra, the Dominican Republic’s leading pop songwriter.
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| 07/20/2008 05:33 PM
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Critics’ Choice: New CDs
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New releases from Miley Cyrus, O.A.R., Ratatat and One Day as a Lion.
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| 07/20/2008 10:43 PM
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Music Review: A Hot Afternoon of Musical Praise
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Gospel Day at Central Park SummerStage showcased gospel music’s versatility and range.
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| 07/20/2008 09:44 PM
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Media Talk: A Sub Rosa Celebrity Campaign (and It Might Stay Very Quiet)
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The publicity for Kathryn Walker’s debut novel, “A Stopover in Venice,” is subdued given that the book is a roman à clef that includes James Taylor, the author’s ex-husband.
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| 07/18/2008 06:23 PM
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Music: Born in America, Heart in Mexico
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Shawn Kiehne, called El Gringo, sings about life and love south of the border. His fans don’t mind that he comes from north of it.
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| 07/21/2008 01:04 AM
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Joseph E. Fields, Conductor, Composer and Pianist, Is Dead at 53
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The former music director and principal conductor of Dance Theater of Harlem was noted for his arrangements of the 2003 premiere of “St. Louis Woman.”
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| 07/18/2008 12:43 PM
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Classical Music: Adventures in Concert Programming
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There’s more to innovation than throwing in a contemporary composer or two.
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| 07/20/2008 10:53 AM
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Morphing Neil Young for the Stage and Page
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Neil Young’s concept album “Greendale” continues to inspire spinoffs outside the music world, including a graphic novel and a multi-performer theater piece.
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| 07/18/2008 11:28 PM
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Consumed: Mash-Up Model
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Music you could never buy on iTunes tests the pay-what-you-want business model.
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| 07/18/2008 06:24 PM
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Playlist: In Partnerships Real and Robotic, Lyrical Showcases and Harmonies
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Reviews of recordings by Toninho Horta and Tom Lellis, Jeremy Pelt and Jean Grae.
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| 07/18/2008 10:06 PM
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Music: Domestic Duo With an Indie Streak
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Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner, the husband-and-wife duo behind the indie band Mates of State, moved to Stratford last year — and they are still adapting.
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| 07/19/2008 08:56 PM
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More Tag Sale Than Tribute
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Hundreds of items spanning the life of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, were up for auction at Christie’s this week.
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| 07/19/2008 09:13 PM
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A Night Out With | Grandmaster Flash: Rewind Time
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Grandmaster Flash returns to his old hip-hopping grounds.
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| 07/24/2008 10:58 PM
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Classical Music/Opera Listings
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| 07/24/2008 10:58 PM
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Pop and Rock Listings
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POP.
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| 07/24/2008 10:58 PM
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Jazz Listings
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