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The plaintive tinklings of an impaired music box bookend a baker’s dozen contemplative pieces for solo guitar by Joe Woodard ...

Discover which species star in “The 12 Days of Christmas,” how they live, and whether they’d enjoy life as unusual holiday gifts.

George Frederick Bristow, born 200 years ago this month, struggled to find American champions of his music as orchestras ...

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Yet when it comes to that perennial Christmas favourite, Mozart’s ‘Sleigh Ride’, the words ‘pot and kettle’ spring to mind. A ...

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The theme was joy and that old deceiver/beacon (delete as appropriate) Hope, bound together musically by exquisite ...

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The Thai Steak at Tower Cafe in Sacramento is that kind of unforgettable melody—a culinary earworm that will have you plotting your return before you’ve even paid the bill. Tucked away at the corner ...