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Chick Corea, Bela Fleck

By Rebecca Wall | March 3, 2008

It seems improbable that the piano and banjo could combine to make progressive jazz -- dabbled with bluegrass here and there -- without sounding like a novelty act.

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Taylor retraces history of the banjo

By Rebecca Wall | February 28, 2008

When picturing the banjo, most people imagine toothless hillbillies from God knows where, sitting on a dilapidated porch, picking away at the strings with a stalk of straw in their mouth.

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Aguava fills Rollins with site-specific musical experience

By Sarah Frostenson | February 28, 2008

The classical music performance group Aguava -- literally translated as "alarm" in Spanish -- chose its name to evoke images associated with the fear of flooding, with particular emphasis on the aftermath of a flood -- "the discovery and feeling associated with complete and total inundation," said Carmen Tellez, one of the artistic directors and producers of Aguava.

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'Fallen Angels' embodies 1990s cool

By John Ternovski | February 27, 2008

Editor's Note: This is the second part in a weekly series examining films of the past. Quentin Tarantino is said to have called Wong Kar-Wai the coolest filmmaker out there -- and he wasn't exaggerating.Wong Kar-Wai wrote and directed the cult classic film "Chungking Express" (1994), which Quentin Tarantino immediately fell in love with and distributed in the United States.

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Subversive website

By Brittany Coombs | February 25, 2008

A black and pewter pseudo-blog adorned with self-aware advertisements and caricatures, VoteForTheWorst.com has been dutifully and thanklessly disturbing the melismatic peace on pop-culture juggernaut "American Idol" for four years now. With David Della Terza at the helm -- a longtime Idol devotee shortlisted by CNN Money as one of last year's Top 24 rabble-rousing innovators -- VFTW has over the years matched the hugely popular and profitable karaoke competition step for step by spotlighting its skulduggery, damning its pervasive commercialism and, most essentially, undermining its ambitions for crooners with actual talent.

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Mariah redefines genius

By Matthew Ritger | February 19, 2008

If you somehow doubted the genius of the songstress responsible for such albums as "Butterfly," "Glitter" and "Rainbow," Mariah Carey is back to remind you that she's not just another diva with a five-octave vocal range and 17 number one hits -- she's also kind of clever. Carey has parodied Einstein's most famous theorem in the title of her highly anticipated new album "E = MC2," which is slated to begin its inevitable reign at the top of the charts on April 15, 2008. "Touch my Body," the recently released first single from the album, is crack-cocaine for the ears. Imagine yourself in Mariah Carey's stilettos.

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Wu-Tang releases new '8 Diagrams'

By Joe Kardon | February 19, 2008

A wise man once told me the "Wu-Tang Clan ain't nuthin' to f' wit." With that in mind, I hope you understand the risks involved in dealing with one of the most respected acts in hip-hop music. In 1993, the Wu Tang Clan birthed a work of art so stunning and raw that it can only be described in bloated James Lipton-esque grandeur.

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Winehouse dominates

By Lauren Dowling | February 18, 2008

Amy Winehouse has the entire world dangling in front of her. If she weren't seeing double, trying to avoid jail, publicly fighting and smoking crack for YouTube audiences everywhere, she just might be able to reach out and grab it. Incidentally, the troubled singer, who made her name in America for saying "no" to rehab on the first single of "Back to Black" (2006), entered a treatment facility just two weeks before her astonishing five Grammy wins.

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