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The Toronto-based band Kobo Town plays a hybrid of old-school calypso, ska and other West Indian styles.

May 22, 2013 The Toronto-based band plays a hybrid of old-school calypso, ska and other West Indian styles.

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter are the two men behind Daft Punk.

May 22, 2013 The French duo's new album, Random Access Memories, is a notable departure for the French duo.

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Best known for bright, accessible modern jazz, Pat Metheny takes on an experimental composer's work with the new Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20.

May 21, 2013 On Metheny's latest, the jazz guitarist takes an evocative approach to Zorn's knotty compositions.

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The Uncluded features Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson.

May 20, 2013 Critic Robert Christgau says The Uncluded's debut album is almost like two halves of a whole.

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Sarah Vaughan performs during the International Jazz Festival of Nice in southeast France in July 1984.

May 20, 2013 A new anthology packs four CDs with music, recorded live or in the studio with bands big and small.

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Jerry Lee Lewis shot to fame in the 1950s with hits such as "A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire."

May 17, 2013 After years of struggle, the pop star began a comeback when he signed with Smash in 1963.

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