Michael Janairo

What's going down at Solid Sound

timesunion.com — Highlights of this year's edition are sure to include Friday night's Wilco all-request performance, featuring songs fans have requested on Twitter, a pair of performances by the always-inventive New Jersey alt-rockers Yo La Tengo, and the return of The Dream Syndicate, perhaps best known for its 1982 album "The Days of Wine and Roses."

'On the Town' a frisky, energetic romp

timesunion.com — If the Broadway original of "On the Town" was anything like the production at Barrington Stage Company, then it's no wonder the baby boom coincided with the hit's 1944-46 run. Sassy, sexy, energetic and fun â it's a hell of a musical.

Harper Voyager Books

harpervoyagerbooks.com — Unfortunately we don't have a publication date for you yet (we'll let you know as soon as it's confirmed!), but we do have the first chapter of The Winds of Winter, the next instalment in George R R Martin's epic series, A Song of Ice and Fire, to share with you.

Baby Mugging....

tumblr.com — Baby mug shots! readersdigest: Baby Mugging. All the justification for the Internet's existence we need!More babies in mugs: http://bit.ly/10tZopG

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Findlay's new CD, 'Roscoe' opera in the works

timesunion.com — A landmark in the long and distinguished career of local pianist Findlay Cockrell arrived in 2010 with the release of his first professional recording. Cockrell was the featured soloist in Morton Gould's concerto "Interplay," on an all-Gould disc with the Albany Symphony Orchestra and conductor David Alan Miller.

Why you already like ...

timesunion.com — contemporary classical music, especially if you think you hate it Some would stick it out until the end and then bolt, visibly agitated, as happier listeners rose for a standing ovation.

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