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Restaurant Review: Last Night a D.J. Saved My Dinner
When I read about the opening of Port Sa’id on Hudson Street, I saw the words “D.J.” and “4,000 square feet” and braced for the worst. When a disc jockey plays in a restaurant that size, music enters a three-way race with the food and the ...
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Jelly Roll, an Unlikely New Star, on the Grammys and His Rap Past
An interview with one of the year’s surprise success stories in the music industry, who’s become known as much for emotional openness as for hit songs.
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Newyork
Willie Nelson’s Sense of Style
“Roll me up and smoke me when I die,” Willie Nelson sang from the stage of the Hollywood Bowl during his 90th birthday celebration in April. As usual, Mr. Nelson looked very much at ease. He was wearing a cowboy hat over a red bandanna, and his hair ...
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How Cancer Has Influenced, but Not Controlled, a Musician’s Work
“The music stays as beautiful as it is,” said Andreas Staier, an eminent interpreter of early keyboard music who has a rare blood disease.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Surveys of works by Helvi Leiviska and Louis Wayne Ballard, as well as a restored version of “Cavalleria Rusticana,” are among the highlights.
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Newyork
Zita Carno, Concert Pianist, Coltrane Scholar and More, Dies at 88
A veteran of 25 years with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, she was known as much for her eccentricities as for her exceptional musicianship.
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Newyork
Amp Fiddler, Versatile Keyboardist, Singer and Mentor, Dies at 65
A mainstay of Detroit’s soul, funk and electronic music scenes, he also offered guidance to young hip-hop and electronic music aspirants, notably J Dilla.
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Newyork
Laura Lynch, a Founder of the Dixie Chicks, Dies at 65
Lynch, who was dismissed from the band in 1995, died in a car crash in Texas on Friday, the authorities said.
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Newyork
Carlos Lyra, Composer Who Brought Finesse to Bossa Nova, Dies at 90
When Brazilian musicians fused samba with jazz and classical influences in the 1950s and ’60s, he was among the first, and the best.
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Books
‘Maestro’ Won’t Let Leonard Bernstein Fail
Bradley Cooper’s movie has an unrelenting focus on Bernstein’s marriage. What’s missing are his struggles as a musician.