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Chris Holmes
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One of ELP's best classic music adaptations, it's "Toccata" from 1973's Brain Salad
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In addition to being a commercial breakthrough for Philip Glass, 1982's Glassworks sports a nifty cover. It's the album cover of the week for just that
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A lovely sample of contemporary classical, "Agnus
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The first part of a countdown of the Top 20 albums that have made a huge impact on my life, feat. Queen, Iron Maiden, Rush, and Miles
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Alright, time for you cretins to get a little culture. Even if you don’t like classical music, you gotta give it up for Sergei Prokofiev. The man could write some really stirring music.
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I might as well offer my two cents on Terry Teachout’s recent editorial for the Wall Street Journal, “Can Jazz Be Saved?”, since so many others already have. In it, Teachout beats
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My latest mixtape offers a collection of songs heard on Seinfeld throughout the show's legendary nine
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I’m pretty much a dummy when it comes to classical music. I couldn’t tell a Beethoven movement from a Mozart symphony if you held a gun to my head. To be perfectly honest, a lot of the