A supporter of feminist punk band Pussy Riot wearing the group's trademark colored balaclava waves a flag on a balcony in Moscow on Friday.
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Demonstrators protest in front of the Russian Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Pussy Riot supporters make masks near the Russian Embassy in London.
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A police officer talks with London protesters.
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Demonstrators gather near the Sagrada Familia, a Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain.
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Russian policemen quell riots in Moscow.
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Masked supporters of Pussy Riot gather in Hamburg, Germany.
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Protesters congregate near the Russian Embassy in London.
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Demonstrators at a protest in Brussels wear paper masks in support of the band.
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A protester in Moscow holds a sign that reads, "I believe in justice!"
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A supporter of feminist punk band Pussy Riot, wearing the group's trademark colored balaclava, waves a flag on a balcony in Moscow on Friday.
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Supporters of feminist punk band Pussy Riot hold posters reading, "I believe in justice!" outside a court building Friday in Moscow, where the trial of the band took place. Moscow's court today pronounced a guilty verdict in the case of three members of the feminist punk band who staged a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a landmark church.
Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 3:55 pm
French composer Claude Debussy was born 150 years ago, Wednesday, Aug. 22.
Got an idea for a classical cartoon, or a reaction to this one? Leave your thoughts in the comments section.
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.
Originally published on Fri August 17, 2012 6:30 pm
Band of Horses has survived a tumultuous history. Of the four original members, only frontman Ben Bridwell remains. In 2005 the band got its first real break opening for Iron & Wine, catching the ear of the celebrated indie label Sub Pop. Under Sub Pop, Band of Horses was able to release Everything All the Time in 2006 to a large audience.
Members of the all-girl punk band Pussy Riot: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (right), Maria Alyokhina (center) and Yekaterina Samutsevich (left) in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow earlier today.
Originally published on Fri August 17, 2012 12:19 pm
A Russian judge today found three members of the punk rock band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism connected to "religious hatred."
Word of the verdict came just before 7:30 a.m ET. Just before 10 a.m. ET, the judge announced that each woman was sentenced to serve two years in jail — the minimum that could be imposed.
The prelude to Canadian singer-songwriter Corb Lund's new album sounds like a classic country music song. Lund built a cabin in rural Alberta with his longtime girlfriend and favorite uncle, but after the cabin was completed, his girlfriend left and his uncle died. Snowed in for weeks at a time, Lund emerged with Cabin Fever, the title of his new album.
Little Darrin Wolsko spent a chunk of his childhood playing his father's copy of The Beatles self-titled album, best known as The White Album, over and over.
All this summer, All Things Considered is digging into the record collections of listeners' parents to hear about one song introduced by a parent that has stayed with you.
Among the many records Darrin Wolsko spun while donning a red cape around 1985, The Beatles' self-titled release best known as The White Album got the most plays — "to the point where I destroyed the album. I shredded this album to pieces," Wolsko says.
Can opera survive in an era of shrinking budgets and aging audiences?
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Appearing in this month's edition of Opera News are a few of opera's "next wave" of fresh faces (from left): Kate Lindsey, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Luca Pisaroni, Ailyn Perez and Michael Christie.
Originally published on Fri August 17, 2012 3:14 pm
A little over 10 years ago, a friend with a small record company in England called me and asked if I wanted to do liner notes for an album he was re-releasing. When he told me it was the Autosalvage album, I flipped. Of course I did!
