Music
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String Theory
Ever seen a human crochet? ''They'll crochet directly on bodies, and entangle and connect them,'' explains J.S. Adams of Laura Craig Mason and Cynthia Combs's...
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New Age
The 28-year-old gay composer Nico Muhly is already starting to feel old. ''The fact that I have a body of work makes me feel like...
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Cutting Edge
''You wanted a hit, but maybe we don't do hits. I try and try, it ends up feeling kind of wrong,'' James Murphy sings matter-of-factly...
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Whistling Dixie
Ever wonder what the Dixie Chicks would sound like without lead singer Natalie Maines? Well, now we know: Sheryl Crow. Crow is actually nowhere to...
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Icelandic Surprise
How is the singer-songwriter Jon Thor ''Jónsi'' Birgisson similar to the Icelandic volcano that shut down air traffic in Europe for days on end last...
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Sia Change
Sia Furler is honored to be Christina Aguilera's ''bitch.'' Furler, who records under her first name, just wrapped up work co-writing for Aguilera, as well...
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Gay Wedding Singers
Some singers were just made for each other. Take ''baritenors'' Jon Arterton and James Mack. ''We're told that when we sing in unison our voices...
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King Sized
Did you hear the one about Kaki King collaborating with Miley Cyrus? ''That would be hilarious,'' laughs King. ''I mean, of all people.'' In fact,...
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Fool's Goldfrapp
''Oh-oh-oh, I've gotta rocket,'' Alison Goldfrapp wispily sings on the first single of Head First, her eponymous duo's fifth album. She knows just what she...
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Re-emergence
Just what is Sade's problem? Some might question why it took the singer Helen Folasade Adu -- Sade for short -- a decade to return...
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Lube Job
''Grease has something to say about the family we choose,'' says Jeff Buhrman. ''GLBT people understand that concept about choosing our family, defending each other....
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Tattooed Troubadour
Egos were checked at the January ''Hope for Haiti'' concert telethon, with none of the performers identified by name. It was a small gesture of...
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The Joy of Sax
Joshua Redman had no intention of becoming a world-renowned, award-winning jazz musician. ''I didn't go to undergraduate for music – I was going to go...
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Tegan & Sara
Tegan and Sara Quin actually look like twins on the cover of Sainthood. ''For years we rejected this twin image, people always trying to twin...
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Dark Disco
''I don't want to be ignored, oh god!'' Tom Smith cries at one point on Editors' new In This Light And On This Evening. With...
