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Thursday, October 23, 2003
  • Crossing Over

    Melissa Errico doesn’t fit the usual image of the Broadway diva. While she can belt out a Broadway standard with aplomb, play the Café Carlyle, or appear on a TV sitcom (a recurring role on NBC’s Ed), the Tony Award winning singer also makes a strong impression in the currently fashionable adult pop idiom. Her debut CD, “Blue Like That” (Manhattan Records/EMI) features original material by everyone from Randy Newman, Rickie Lee Jones, and Billy Joel to Rodgers and Hart. In advance of her upcoming date at Joe’s Pub, she talks with host John Schaefer about her wide-ranging career. Similarly, Gal Costa is among the leading voices in Brazil’s Tropicalia movement, though more recently she has been identified with the bossa nova craze. She joins us to offer selections from the venerable canon of songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz.

Best Live Performances of 2008

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We revisit memorable in-studio performances from Toumani Diabaté, Cat Power, Regina Spektor, and others.

The Year in Music and Branding

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Pop music and advertising go together like peanut butter and jelly. Grey Group music director Josh Rabinowitz shares his picks for the best song picks and ad campaigns of 2008.

Critics Week

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Music writers look back at the year's best pop, rock, hip hop, classical, jazz, Latin and world albums. Plus: the worst music of the year and the best online music. Read our critics' lists here. And don't forget to cast your vote in our best-albums poll.

Noteworthy New York

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We have invited musicians and artists to help us select their favorite cultural destination in the neighborhood where they live. From parks and coffee shops to bowling alleys and museums, the options are as diverse as our group of contributors.