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Music

Islamic hardliners stop Lady Gaga show in Indonesia

Small extremist fringe says pop star’s concert would hurt country’s moral fibre

Leonard Cohen accepts Glenn Gould Prize, gives away the $50,000

Canadian musician accepts prize honouring a lifetime of art and gives the proceeds to help other artists

Music

Innovation helps Royal Conservatory hit all the right notes

125-year-old organization expanding aggressively with Carnegie alliance, online learning plan and arts-based education program for at-risk students

Music: Essential tracks

Five songs you need to hear

This week: Patti Smith, Japandroids, Booker T. & the MGs, R. Kelly and Neil Young

appreciation

With Donald Dunn gone, the bottom falls out of the blues

Long-time bassist for Booker T. and the MG’s created too many instantly recognizable low-end riffs to number

MUSIC

The rap pack and their genius website

Meet the three Ivy League nerds behind the coolest music site on the Web

Music

Santigold focuses on the music, not on dissing pop stars

Artist stakes her claim after opening people’s ears to electronic tunes

Music

With help of Roch Carrier, composer sets The Hockey Sweater to music

Abigail Richardson's work commissioned for young audiences

Music: Disc of the week

A slurry, rum-buzzed, focused and firm Andre Williams

3.5 Stars

Split right down the middle, an audacious hustler’s newest album crosses lines and revels in extremes

Music

Comeback kids: Why bands such as the Cranberries are touring again

While reunions keep coming up roses for the Cranberries and others, some artists have good reason to fear the nostalgia trap

Music: Essential tracks

Michael Moore does Dylan, and other songs you need to hear this week

Lefty filmmaker croons a Bob Dylan protest number

Music: Concert Review

Edmonton Symphony triumphs in dry run for Carnegie Hall

ESO has been not been outside Alberta since 1994 but it will play in New York on Tuesday

Music

Make some noise for Adam Yauch’s musical journey

The Beastie Boys transcended their early frat boy following by daring to mix it up on Paul’s Boutique

Music

Lee Fields: The second coming of a soul man

Lee Fields has an acclaimed new album and is leading a 1960s soul revival

Music: Disc of the Week

Damon Albarn’s ‘Dr Dee’: Undeniably fresh – and best forgotten

2 Stars

The former front man of the Blur delivers a novel tribute to a 16th-century alchemist that’s just a bit too daintily quaint

Music

Whistler’s jazz festival likely to move off the mountain

The three-day festival had its inauguration last September featuring ticketed performances by Kevin Eubanks, Spyro Gyra and the Gary Burton Quartet, among others. However, it incurred a deficit of more than $700,000

Music

Leonard Cohen announces North American arena tour

Singer sets dates for major venues across North America

music

Loudon Wainwright III on death, decay and Dame Edna

The singer-songwriter launches a new album with the help of family and friends

music review

Willis Earl Beal digs deep at the Drake

Chicago soul singer and his guitar give until it hurts

Music

London Olympics to open with Duran Duran

Outdoor concert will also feature Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Paolo Nutini

Opera review

COC serves up a Florentine double bill

Powerful performances and apt adaptation invigorate back-to-back operas about the dubious crossroads of love and money

Essential tracks

Fiona Apple and other new songs you need to hear

Also new this week: Paul Reddick, Bobby Womack, Elise LeGrow and M.I.A.

Technology

Pepsi, Twitter team up for online concerts

Soft-drink giant embraces social media to promote streaming video, new ad campaign with Nicki Minaj

Technology

Pirate Bay to be blocked in UK, industry association says

High Court orders Internet service providers to block access to Swedish file-sharing site, BPI says

Music

Final curtain coming for Tokyo String Quartet

For more than four decades, the renowned ensemble has toured the world, forging a strong Canadian connection along the way

Music

Role reversal shows off talent and determination

Peter Oundjian and Itzhak Perlman reprised their original roles of student and teacher in an interesting and provocative TSO concert Saturday night in Toronto

Music Review

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lukewarm album, sizzling concert

They can’t stop. They are addicted to the shindig. And their audience is absolutely likeminded.

Disc of the week

Norah Jones makes the best of a broken heart

3.5 Stars

A decade removed from her Grammy-winning debut, Norah Jones has moved on, sounding better than ever

Celebrity

Beyoncé named Most Beautiful Woman by People magazine

Singer says giving birth makes her feel more beautiful than ever

Music

The mysterious Cults comes to terms with fame

Brooklyn-based band has grown from a mysterious duo to a five-member project more interested in being an unpredictable band

Music

Justin Bieber's home video turns unknown song into huge hit

Singer and friends clown around to Carly Rae Jepson’s ‘Call Me Maybe’ in video that has more than 35-million hits

Music review

Coldplay in Vancouver: When you give 119 per cent, you don't need nuance

The band shows they know the key to arena rock: Give the crowd what they want

Music

Road to Gordon Lightfoot’s live album was no carefree highway

‘Perfectionist’ singer couldn’t bear to release an inferior recording so performances with minor mistakes weren’t used

Music: Essential Tracks

Five songs you need to hear this week

Rush, Norah Jones, Loudon Wainwright III, Santigold and a Levon Helm tribute

Music

Parachute Club drummer Billy Bryans dies at 63

Born in Montreal, he was considered a pioneer of world music in Canada

Music: Concert review

Plants and Animals look forward to the spring

Montreal indie-rockers perform muscular, rhythmic concert in Toronto

Dance

Strike a pose: Voguing is back

The dance genre that disappeared from mainstream view 20 years ago has found new legs

Music: disc of the week

Jack White: A one-man army, slightly off-kilter

3 Stars

Can’t live with women, but can’t make albums without them either

Music

Remember vinyl LPs? Record Store Day may help

iWhat? Record stores use new media – and offline charm – to promote the power of place among music fans