The all-new Slacker music guide makes music discovery fun and easy with the latest music news, artist interviews and recommendations from Slacker's team of music curators.

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Then, after holding off the orchestra music that attempted to guide him offstage, he said, "It fills me with great joy, but also great sadness, because I'm accepting this award at such a strange time, " he continued, referring to the war in Iraq.

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He also does a comprehensive local gig-guide to live music.

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To get ready for the new AI season, spend a few minutes this weekend with our guide to melisma, courtesy of Anthony Heilbut, music producer and author of The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times.

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Rhapsody offers the best music discovery tools, thanks to a team of renowned editors help guide members through Rhapsody's catalog spanning 600 genres with original features and content, including videos, playlists, reviews and radio stations for effortless listening and discovery.

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Our city guide highlights some of the city's best contemporary museums and music venues.

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Ashleigh, a former Brownie and Guide, was a "typical teenager" who used to play her favourite music loud and dropped her clothes on the floor, her mother said.

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Even so, music fans and cinema-goers are fickle, so the past may not be a reliable guide to the future.

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And now, when jazz has split into diffident camps divided over whether the music should gaze back or peer forward, the retrofuturism of "Mingus Ah Um" remains an essential guide for how old and new can be reconciled.

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