Mustafa, Toronto's hood poet, shoulders the stories of the lost

On the aching Dunya, the artist stands at an east-west crossroads, trying to resolve a young striver's years of trauma with a folklorist's drive to preserve what's left.

(Image credit: Courtesy of the artist)

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150 years after his birth, composer Charles Ives remains a maverick

Many music lovers consider Ives, who died in 1954, to be the first truly great American composer. A new recording by pianist Donald Berman is a major addition to the Ives discography.

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Some of Bob Dylan's most raucous rock comes to life on 'The 1974 Live Recordings'

Dylan's 40-show 1974 tour with The Band produced a live double-album later that year. Now, the music available from that tour has increased dramatically with the release of a new 27-CD set.

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