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2:36pm

Sat March 10, 2012
Music Interviews

Zieti: Amid Brutal Conflict, A Musical Friendship Survives

Originally published on Sat March 10, 2012 4:12 pm

Credit Courtesy of the artist

The musical group Zieti started when two American expats met two Ivorian musicians living in a seaside shantytown. They became fast friends, rehearsing on the beach and even recording a few tracks together. The tracks then went missing when Ivory Coast fell into a brutal civil war, scattering Zieti's core to the four winds. Then, after a decade apart, the players reconnected and set about re-recording their lost songs.

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8:45am

Sat March 10, 2012
Weekend Audition

Entering a Trance....

Credit Singer-songwriter Zee Avi / bi-photo by Pete Foley / www.flickr.com

Bornean-born Zee Avi immerses herself into singing and dancing and drumming -- in her song, "Concrete Wall." Music can put you in a trance....

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3:11pm

Fri March 9, 2012
World Cafe

Sharon Van Etten On World Cafe

Originally published on Mon July 9, 2012 1:01 pm

Credit Elisabeth Vitale

Sharon Van Etten's raspy, elegant vocals and deeply confessional folk-rock have made her a rising star. Ever since her official debut in 2009, the heart-breakingly intimate Because I Was In Love, Van Etten has been expanding her sound and adding grit to her delivery.

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2:44pm

Fri March 9, 2012
Music Interviews

Anthony Hopkins Lives Out A Long-Deferred Musical Dream

Credit Courtesy of the artist

Anthony Hopkins has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, and has played Richard I, Richard Nixon, monarchs, statesmen, geniuses and heroes. He won an Academy Award playing one of the most notorious movie villains in history: Hannibal Lecter, the criminal cannibal with an affinity for Bach. Now, Hopkins is making his own music.

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