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Those Mexican Rockers Who Defy Expectations

Café Tacuba's new record, 'Sino- (Universal Latino), sounds more like classic-rock radio, as did the band's show at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Tuesday night.

Read more : 22.11.2007 11:20:00

For $103.35, You Take What You Can Get

Sly Stone is 64 and his best songs haven't aged a day, though the same can't quite be said of the guy who sang them.

Read more : 22.11.2007 13:51:00

Playing to Meet a Self-Imposed Standard

For its marriage of precision and imagination, the Maria Schneider Orchestra has no peer in the realm of jazz.

Read more : 22.11.2007 14:46:00

A Displaced Jazz Musician Rebuilds in New York

Davell Crawford, who once opened for Etta James and jammed with Lionel Hampton, now lives in a tiny Manhattan apartment provided by the Jazz Foundation of America.

Read more : 22.11.2007 14:54:00

Paul Wasserman, 73, Publicist to Rock Stars, Is Dead

Mr. Wasserman was one of the most sought-after music publicists from the mid-1960s into the '90s.

Read more : 22.11.2007 15:01:00

A Gutbucket Full of Loss and Torchy Dreams

Rebecca Parris's rich contralto voice combined with sophisticated jazz technique and rough scat improvisation, makes for a style that lends much of what she sings a cosmic dimension.

Read more : 23.11.2007 11:46:00

Hard to Be an Audiophile in an iPod World

As LPs and stereos have given way to CDs and MP3 players, are high-quality systems endangered?

Read more : 23.11.2007 11:59:00

Hits and Misses and Hairy Shows

Reviews of releases by Yo Gotti and Pleasure P, Hatesphere, Alison Hinds, Burial and Trace Adkins.

Read more : 23.11.2007 12:05:00

Plenty of Confidence, and No Pants

Susan Graham has sung a lot of trouser roles, but Met audiences are about to meet her Iphigénie.

Read more : 24.11.2007 10:20:00

The Mixed Blessings of Travel and Other Eternal Verities

Ms. Callaway has a gleaming theater-ready voice with a machete-sharp edge that is made to deliver reach-for-the-stars Broadway showstoppers.

Read more : 24.11.2007 15:17:00

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