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Official! It really is a mad, mad, mad, mad world: dark thoughts about humanity's future don't usually get to the top of the Christmas singles charts. The Christmas number one can signify not only the taste but also the mood of the nation. Record companies know this, too, and market their product with ......(Continue Reading) A Christmas Carol - family singing - Humor - Column A Heath family Christmas-carol program always seems like a good idea . . . None of the Heath children was born on Sunday, but many of them almost were, which may account for the fact that, althou...(Continue Reading)Music to remind us of mystery - Amy Grant's Christmas albums I am a pushover for Christmas music. I confess that it makes up a good portion of my CD collection. Old songs mostly, but new ones, too. I'm always happy when I hear it piped over the grocery store...(Continue Reading)Don't worry about the plot, just listen to the music My New Year's resolution came to me just before Christmas as I watched the English National Opera's production of Verdi's Nabucco. Nabucco is a work which for years I have wanted to see. The hit tun...(Continue Reading)Christmas Books - books on music: Something new to listen out for An ever-growing army of music lovers is happy to wear several hats at once. Figuratively speaking, the opera-buff's topper can now perch on the hip-hop ......(Continue Reading)
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