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Music remastered, reissued and revived
The growing market for repackaged and remastered music -- from the Beatles to forgotten 60s and 70s soul records.
Hometown of Susan Boyle of "Britain's Got Talent"
Blackburn, in West Lothian, Scotland is the hometown of Susan Boyle, the singing sensation who wowed judges on the British TV show "Britain's Got Talent."
Pakistan's protest music
A pair of Pakistani professors sings songs of protest -- the music is new, but the lyrics are based on the words of iconic poets from the past.
Singer Marian Anderson's Lincoln Memorial legacy
This performance by African-American singer Marian Anderson in a location of circumstance signaled a milestone in the Civil Rights Movement.
Downsized music execs
Music industry execs responsible for hair bands like Motley Crue and underground acts like Moby talk about their post-label worlds.
Can noise be music?
A movement in the Japanese music underground surfaced in the 1990s to ask the same questions as avant-garde icon John Cage did in the 1950s.
"Fourth World" music from Jon Hassell
Jon Hassell has never been your typical frontman trumpeter--his horn is often buried in swirling textures; notes are shifted, refracted, repeated, and distended in a fertile greenhouse of sound.
Celebrating Thelonious Monk
Fifty years ago this week, virtuoso jazz pianist Thelonious Monk gave a landmark concert at New York City’s Town Hall; it was a coming-out for an underground jazz scene.
"Slumdog Millionaire" soundtrack composer
Indian composer A.R.Rahman's score earned him two Oscars -- he says he wanted to get away from musical cliches for "Slumdog."
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