Music Reviews
Singing Sister Act Sought to Record Album for Pope’s U.K. Visit Calling all nuns: Universal Music
Group seeks singing sister act for the 21st century to record
an album ahead of Pope Benedict’s visit to the U.K. in
September.
Dubai’s Debt Blues Drowned Out by Chopin in Abu Dhabi (Update2) Pianist Yundi Li and trumpeter
Wynton Marsalis are names not often associated with Abu Dhabi,
home to more than 7 percent of the world’s oil supply.
Hamlet in Raincoat, Bloody Ophelia, Where’s Denmark? Review To flee or not to flee? That was
the question when the Metropolitan Opera staged Ambroise
Thomas’s “Hamlet” Tuesday night after dropping the piece for
more than a century.
Wyclef Jean, Lang Lang Join Forces in Concert for Haitian Kids After a massive earthquake rocked
Haiti in January, concert pianist Lang Lang sent a text message
to Wyclef Jean asking if the singer’s friends and relatives in
the Caribbean country were safe.
Patti Smith Misbehaves, Queen Loses Head: Great London Weekend Watch the blindfolded Queen of
England get ready for execution as the first stop on your
London weekend.
Grateful Dead Fans Glimpse Trippy Archive of Cool Stuff, Trivia Turn left at the giant bust of
Abraham Lincoln -- the first dead head you’ll encounter at the
New-York Historical Society -- and slip into the small
exhibition area where relics of the Grateful Dead are
worshipfully displayed.
Johnny Cash’s Raw Songs Beat Sade’s Silky Return: Mark Beech Johnny Cash’s rasp cracks and
groans like a wooden galleon about to wreck on the rocks. Sade
sings in a smooth voice as slinky as a cocktail dress. Corinne
Bailey Rae’s crooning melts like fine chocolate.
Pink Floyd Wins Contract Suit Against EMI in London (Update1) EMI Group Ltd. should only sell the
music of Pink Floyd, the band that recorded the best-selling
album “The Dark Side of the Moon,” in full album format and
can’t sell single songs online, a London judge ruled today.