Entries from June 2009
Diplomacy with a jazzy beat
The Dimajazz festival, which drew a large crowd in Algeria, is part of an attempt by the United States to sponsor cultural events across the Arab world. Diplomacy with a jazzy beat
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·MySpace Offers Rock and Jazz Classics
MySpace is luring in older users with free streaming music from Lionel Richie, Neil Young, The Cure and many others. MySpace Offers Rock and Jazz Classics
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·Koko Taylor, Blues Queen, Dies at 80
Koko Taylor, a sharecropper’s daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet “Queen of the Blues,” has died after complications from surgery. She was 80. Koko Taylor, Blues Queen, Dies at 80
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·Rhythms of Basketball and Music
The musician Wynton Marsalis joins the sports columnist William C. Rhoden to talk about the differences between the hardcourt and the bandstand. Rhythms of Basketball and Music
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