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Sunday, 27 December 2009 10:25 Gene Gaudette

The New York Times's Steve Smith profiles the groundbreaking German record label and its iconoclastic founder Manfred Eicher.

54 Below, Restaurant-Nightclub Under the Former Studio 54
The nightspot named 54 Below, a 160-seat space, is scheduled to open in early June...
Music Review: Collegiate Chorale Sings Tippett and Bruckner at Carnegie
The Collegiate Chorale presented Michael Tippett’s oratorio “A Child of Our Time” and Bruckner’s Te...
Music Review: ‘Biophilia’ Live at the New York Hall of Science
The first night of Björk’s six-show residency at the New York Hall of Science included...

The ultimate Mormon male

If there is one single impediment to Mitt Romney’s campaign, it is his utter inscrutability,...
The progressive vision America needs

The 2012 presidential election is rapidly shaping up to become a critical battle for the...
The privatization trap

Privatizing the government is one of the most active projects of the early 21st century.
Everything...
The battle for McPherson Square

"Move back!" shouted the cop wielding a clear Plexiglas shield emblazoned with the words "U.S....

Pass notes No 3,119: Curse of the ninth symphony

Composers have a tendency to pop off after their ninth...
BCMG/Power – review

CBSO Centre, Birmingham
A week that began at the Barbican with...
The Jacobin – review

Barbican, London
Apart from Rusalka, Dvořák's operas are rarely...