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Slim Whitman, Yodeling Country Singer With a Regular-Guy Image, Dies at 90
Mr. Whitman recorded more than 500 songs, made more than 100 albums and sold more than 70 million records. ...
ArtsBeat: Seattle Opera Finds Replacement for Longtime General Director
Aidan Lang will succeed Speight Jenkins as general director of the Seattle Opera. ...
ArtsBeat: Black Sabbath Earns Its First No.1
The group achieved a similar feat in Britain. ...
Critic’s Notebook: Musical Relics From Paganini and Mozart, Still Sending Blessings
Relics of the greats are passing through America this week with an auction of strings used by Paganini and a tour of Mozart’s reputed violin. ...
ArtsBeat: Sabbath Celebrates No. 1
Released on Vertigo, “13” is the group’s first set of new songs with most of its original lineup. ...
Music Review: ‘Blue Monday,’ at the Cotton Club
Gershwin wrote “Blue Monday,” a one-act jazz opera, for a Broadway revue in 1922. ...
Music Review: Stacey Kent and Jim Tomlinson at Birdland
A show at Birdland with Stacey Kent, and her husband, the saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, defined them as sophisticated, cosmopolitan jazz impressionists. ...
Scene City: Her Madgesty Arrives Fashionably Late
Madonna screens “Madonna: The MDNA Tour,” a concert film, in Manhattan, and is fashionably late. ...
ArtsBeat: Another Wide-Ranging White Light Festival From Lincoln Center
The 2013 Lincoln Center White Light Festival will open on Oct. 24 with a free concert by the Campbell Brothers. ...
Critic’s Notebook: A Boston Biennial Celebrates the Baroque Tradition
The biennial Boston Early Music Festival last week drew on home-grown and international talent. ...
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F.T.C. Is Said to Plan Inquiry of Frivolous Patent Lawsuits
The Federal Trade Commission plans to issue subpoenas to companies that are patent trolls, meaning that they buy large portfolios of technology patents and use ...