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A Posthumous Solo Album Reveals a Jazz Star’s Melancholy

Following the death of Esbjörn Svensson, a pianist and one of Europe’s most influential jazz musicians, in a scuba diving…

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Honey Dijon Steps Up From Dance Music’s Underground

Honey Dijon is easy to talk to — if you can get in touch with her. Nearly 25 years into…

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In Life and Music, Ned Rorem Was Unwaveringly Himself

Several years ago, during one in a series of visits I made to Ned Rorem’s apartment, he said with his…

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Keith Levene, Public Image Ltd.’s Buzz-Saw Guitarist, Dies at 65

Keith Levene, a founding member of the seminal British bands the Clash and Public Image Ltd. whose slashing yet melodic…

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Ned Rorem, Composer Known for Both His Music and His Diaries, Dies at 99

Ned Rorem, who was honored as a composer of beguiling music and famous for publishing revealing diaries about his life…

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Besides Soccer, Qatar Is Packed With Activities Around the World Cup

DOHA, Qatar — All eyes are on this tiny Gulf nation as the soccer-obsessed start descending this month on the…

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Review: On Broadway, ‘& Juliet’ (& Britney & Katy & Pink)

They don’t even bother to hide the jukebox. It’s right there, out in the open, before the show starts: a…

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A Rising Conductor Who’s ‘Not Just a Pair of Hands’

BOSTON — A sobering thought: The founders of the period-instrument movement, who from the 1960s or so wielded their new…

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