Music

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Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with sculpture, drawing, photography and performance. You can see more of his work at Artworld Salon and on his own site.

Steve Kuhn's resume is a virtual who's-who of the jazz world.

There's no way around what a sad week it's been in music.

• Charles Rosen, prodigious pianist, scholar and polymath, died Sunday in New York at age 85.

Not every pioneer is a swashbuckler. Dido Armstrong, the hit-making British singer-songwriter, has a gentle voice that recalls backyard birdsong and a Jane Austen-like grasp of everyday heartache and perseverance.

It is Analog Overdose month!  On the next Galactic Travels, the month-long focus on Fanger & Schonwalder continues.  The Featured CD at Midnight will be Analog Overdose 4+ on Manikin Records.

As the peak of the holiday season draws near, Latin Roots explores some sizzling renditions of well-known Christmas classics. Most people are familiar with the traditional "Little Drummer Boy," but many have yet to enjoy a very popular Cuban version of the song, interpreted by the band Los Papines. The band, commonly known as the "Kings of Rumba," uses deep, percussive sounds to tell the story of a child's perspective of the holiday season.