New Classical Tracks: Songs of Spain

New Classical Tracks: Songs of Spain
On her new disc, mezzo Elina Garanca uses the character of Carmen as a starting point, but branches out into music with a gypsy connection, and music of Spain–an exploration that she describes with enthusiasm.
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Dum Dum Girls Announce New EP, Tour
This year, the Rising garage-pop crew Dum Dum Girls turned a whole lot of heads with their debut album I Will Be , which showed a band who knew how to do smeary, romantic, sentimental punk rock in a way that would do their influences proud. On March 1, they’ll follow it up with a new EP , He Gets Me High , out on CD, 12″ and digitally via Sub Pop .
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CU & Boulder’s Best 2010… as chosen by you
When it comes to picking the best in Boulder, nothing beats going straight to the source.
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Swaps Soar on `Sacrosanct’ Senior Europe Debt
The cost of protecting against defaults on senior bonds of European banks is soaring on speculation holders of the debt will be forced to take losses as governments seek to share the burden of taxpayer-funded bailouts.
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