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Watch 'Kuduro,' The Dance That Keeps Angola Going
December 22, 2012 – Exuberant, fast-paced electronic dance music from southwest Africa is traveling around the world.
Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week
December 21, 2012 – Revealing interviews, peacocks who talk, and support — moral and financial — for two orchestras.
Watch Loving Rush, With All My Heart And Brain
December 20, 2012 – For one nerd, mean, mean pride in the band and its election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Watch Joe Strummer's Life After Death
December 20, 2012 – The singer, co-founder and potent political voice of The Clash died 10 years ago this week.
Watch The Landfill Harmonic: An Orchestra Built From Trash
December 19, 2012 – An upcoming documentary highlights one extraordinary orchestra in Paraguay; watch the trailer.
Listen Singing Loud And Proud: Choir For LGBT Mormons Breaks Out KUER
December 14, 2012 – The choir believes it's making strides for a community that's long felt neglected by the LDS church. KUER
Listen Indian Musicians Remember Their Teacher, Ravi Shankar
December 14, 2012 – "He changed the whole approach to how an artist is perceived," says sitarist Shubhendra Rao.
Listen Behind The Scenes Of The Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour'
December 14, 2012 – TV critic David Bianculli reviews a new documentary about the 1967 Beatles film.
Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week
December 14, 2012 – A string of sorrow this week after four artists' deaths, tempered by one very uplifting orchestra.
Read Now That's What I Call A Compilation
December 13, 2012 – In the Internet era, single-artist albums are suffering, but compilations are thriving.
Watch Ravi Shankar, Who Brought Eastern Music To Western Legends, Dies
December 12, 2012 – The sitar master and composer worked with George Harrison, Yehudi Menuhin, Philip Glass and more.
Listen Sitar Virtuoso Ravi Shankar Dies At 92
December 11, 2012 – He made Indian classical music popular in the West, collaborating with The Beatles and others.
Watch Outspoken Russian Diva And Muse Galina Vishnevskaya Dies At 86
December 11, 2012 – The soprano was known for her electrifying performances and her dissident political views.
Read Rush Is In! The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, That Is
December 11, 2012 – The Canadian trio was among the bands that many fans thought had been unfairly excluded.
Watch Soprano Lisa Della Casa, Strauss And Mozart Specialist, Dies At 93
December 11, 2012 – The Swiss soprano with the sweet and silvery voice was a regular in Vienna and New York.
