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Rock savant turns abandoned Manhattan building into a musical statement

by Stevenson Swanson [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[27.Jun.08] :. NEW YORK - “OK, how about ‘Living on a Prayer’?” the young man asked his friend as they sat down at the beat-up organ to play a duet. The sounds that filled the cavernous...

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David Byrne: The Knee Plays

by Tal Rosenberg

[4.Feb.08] :. Nonesuch reissues famous score by David Byrne, featuring the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and written for a section of Robert Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning (not really) the CIVIL WarS.

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Os Mutantes: Mutantes Live

by Michael Keefe

[13.Nov.07] :. Nearly 40 years after the Brazilian psychedelic rock band helped spearhead the Tropicalista movement, Os Mutantes return with this double-live celebration.

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Forro in the Dark: Asa Branca

by Deanne Sole

[14.Jun.07] :. None of the mixes are bad, none are exceptionally good, they're just sort of there.

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