Dec 29th, 2008 · In Russia, a State TV contest to name the greatest Russians in history ended Sunday with more than 50 million votes cast. First place went to a medieval prince who fended off German invaders. Second place went to a prime minister who fended off revolutionaries. And, despite gulags, famines and purges that killed millions, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin came in third.
Nov 11th, 2008 · Jeffrey Zhang is known for mixing the traditional Chinese opera form with pop music and kabuki dancers. But now he's begun to incorporate free-form jazz piano in a culture clash that's turning heads and winning over new fans.
Nov 8th, 2008 · The composer of the Sex and the City theme music is tackling his most ambitious project yet. Arjuna's Dilemma tells the story of a warrior prince from the Bhagavad Gita through a blend of classical Indian music, classical Western music and jazz.
Aug 29th, 2008 · A pretty, plucky heroine, a mean massage-parlor proprietress, and a handsome-prince figure who's more perceptive than most — David Kaplan's modern fairy tale stays breezy, brisk and down to earth.
Jul 22nd, 2008 · Fela Kuti fathered the musical movement Afrobeat and its crown prince: 25-year-old Seun Kuti. The Nigerian singer is leading his father's band, Egypt 80. On his debut album, Many Things, he's added some American influences but kept his songs sharply pointed and political.
Jul 9th, 2008 · Two new books bring the story of Shakespeare's Hamlet to the American Midwest, where — in addition to the usual vengeance and depression — the prince of Denmark must contend with a kennel full of dogs or hunting deer from a tree.
Jun 30th, 2008 · A trio of guitarists powers Little Rock band American Princes — a presence made immediately known on the group's fourth full-length record, Other People. The band's catchy rock sound is built upon a thick bed of layered electric guitars in swirling stereo. With competing vocalists Collins Kilgore, David Slade, and William Boyd taking turns singing lead and the constantly battling instruments, the sound is more chaotic than that of your average rock group, but it all seems to work with the band's on-edge energy.
Jun 24th, 2008 · The 10-piece funky Latin ensemble from Austin, Texas got a big boost last year when Prince chose them to headline Latin night at his Las Vegas club. Does their new CD meet expectations?