Can Thom Yorke escape his own voice?

The second album from Radiohead offshoot The Smile is very good. But can its singer ever transcend his role in his revolutionary other band?

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The Paranoid Style blends rock with literary flair with 'The Interrogator'

The Washington D.C.-based band is led by Elizabeth Nelson, who is also a published music critic. It shows — the music is packed with wordplay, jokes and an undercurrent of serious dread.

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Chick Corea renders Mozart with daring and playfulness on a posthumous new album

In 2018, three years before his death, the pianist and composer gave a concert in Sardinia that included both Mozart and George Gershwin. A live recording of that concert is now available.

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