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Alex McDonald

Yeast in the dough

Music | A secular environment, says pianist Alex McDonald, is the right place for his Christian calling

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Music |  New or recent pop-rock releases

Jay Hunter Morris

Confessions of a redneck opera singer

Music |  Jay Hunter Morris followed his faith from Christian music to the Met, becoming one of the nation’s premiere classical performers

Lana Del Rey
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Off track

Music |  Major soundtracks fail to live up to—or in one case down to—their films

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Music |  Recent classical releases

Osama bin Laden

Midday Roundup: Bin Laden death photos to remain top secret

Newsworthy |  Classified material. A federal appeals court ruled today the government does not have to release 50 images taken of former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden…

Becky Blumenthal, from Philadelphia, holds up her Phish album after being one of the first people in the store on the fifth annual Record Store Day at Main Street Music, in 2012.

Vinyl makes a comeback

Music |  Younger listeners, enchanted by the warm and open sounds records offer, are setting aside their iPods and dusting off their parent’s old turntables

George Jones
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Lonely legend

Music |  “The Possum” lived and died with the choices he made

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Music |  New or recent releases

CHILD'S PLAY: Mitchell (right) and Jefferson Hamer.
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Folk surprise

Music |  Anaïs Mitchell is hauntingly compelling in Child Ballads

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Music |  New or recent releases

Fest season
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Fest season

Music |  Outdoor music events kick off with family-friendly MerleFest—and without Doc Watson 

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