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Movits - According to the publicity sheet, Movits (pronounced: Move-its) is a hip-hop swing jazz band. From Sweden. And, yes, the lyrics are in Swedish. Put those words in a single sentence,
Mozart - January 27, 2006: Mozart's 250th birthday. He's looking good for someone his age. But then, he should look good --- he's immortal. Mozart's immortality is different for us
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos - You may think of Mozart only as a pianist. (That’s the power of movies.) But then you probably believe his corpse was dumped in a pauper’s grave. (Guess what? In
Mozart: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp - Ever since word got out that our almost-10-year-old daughter will be going to Yale in the fall, people have been asking how she got in. She’s not the most dedicated
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante - Easter is a day of glory: the triumph of Christ over death. It's a day for Bach, who wrote the masterpieces we've heard for weeks and will, if we attend
Mulatu Astatke - The ingredients sound...odd. Mulatu Astatke grew up in Ethiopia but went abroad to study jazz in America. He was influenced by Miles Davis and John Coltrane --- and by the organist
Mumford & Sons - Christina’s evening ritual is to lie on the floor of her sons’ room until they fall asleep. The other night, she plugged herself into her iPod and listened to
Music for the New Year - So he's a crook and likely insane, and she's a liar, and then there's the heartless one, and the bought-and-paid-for one, and the know-nothing, and --- but after two years,
Music from the Arctic Circle - Guest Butler Laura Galloway is an old friend of this site --- she was a crucial helper at its launch. Now she’s an entrepreneur and journalist studying Sami culture. Sami?
Muslim Music - If you don’t know better, Muslims are barbarians who have traded their traditional robes and swords for assault rifles and bombs. This is, of course, nonsense. There are men
My 10 Favorite Videos of 2010 - If you haven't read it, heard it, or seen it, it doesn’t matter how old it is --- “new” means “new to you.” That’s one of the few guiding principles around
Nat King Cole - When did I learn my first French phrase? When I was just out of diapers, from a song by Nat King Cole: “Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup.” When did I learn
Neil Young - There's big excitement among Neil Young
Nellie McKay - “It’s so nice to be back at Feinstein’s,” Nellie McKay quipped, as she settled herself at the piano for her debut at the Carlyle Hotel, some 20 blocks north of
Nick Drake - Nick Drake was born on June 19, 1948. He would have been 75 this year. But that's impossible. Nick Drake either did or didn't kill himself in 1974, when he
Nóirín Ní Riain: Vox de Nube - There are voices that crack glass. That’s impressive, always. Nóirín Ní Riain has a voice that stops you in your tracks and fills your eyes with tears and makes all
Nos - Virginia Rodrigues was in her 30s. A manicurist. Professional status: singing Bach in a church choir. Then she got the part of a deaf mute in a play. Not much to do
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Who was bigger than Elvis? Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. But unless you haunt the “World Music” bins, the name is probably unfamiliar. That's not the case anywhere else in
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