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Thursday, June 16, 2005
  • Glen Campbell photo by Jeff Ross ; Jimmy Webb photo unknown
    Glen Campbell | Jimmy Webb (Jeff Ross | unknown)

    Classic Rockers

    Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb have had one of the most successful collaborations in rock and country music history. In the late 1960's, Mr. Campbell's recordings of Mr. Webb's wistful country-pop compositions, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston" and "Where's the Playground Susie" were Billboard Top 40 hits. They'll perform some of those classic songs live in the studio today. And Bill T. Jones is an award winning choreographer whose latest work combines the text of Flannery O’Connor’s short story, The Artificial Nigger with a score by young composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, to explore how racial and religious reasoning influence human relations.

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.