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Apple Drops Price of DRM-Free Tracks to 99 Cents

Apple announced today a reduction in the price of its iTunes Plus tracks to 99 cents, matching the price of  its standard downloads. The higher-quality iTunes Plus files—compressed at 256 kbps rather than the 128 kbps of other iTunes tracks—are sold free of DRM (digital-rights management) restrictions, making them accessible on any number of digital players. Apple also announced that the number of tracks available as iTunes Plus files has expanded to more than two million. For more information, visit apple.com.

The Wide World of Classical Music Online

In the October 22 issue of the New Yorker, the magazine's music critic Alex Ross weighs in on the internet's impact on the classical music market—broadening its reach through fan blogs, artist sites, and online stores that offer a wider range of records than traditional outlets can. The web allows people "looking for a souvenir of Pavarotti," he writes, to "end up with the Kronos Quartet playing pieces by the Icelandic band Sigur Rós." Read the complete article at newyorker.com.

A Tribute to Joni Mitchell

"A Tribute to Joni Mitchell" features covers of 12 tracks from Joni's career, both rare and well-known.  Visit www.atributetojonimitchell.com to listen to the interpretations alongside the originals, and read statements from the artists about their experiences recording Joni's music.

The tracklist:

1. Free Man in Paris - Sufjan Stevens
2. The Boho Dance - Björk
3. Dreamland  - Caetano Veloso
4. Don't Interrupt the Sorrow - Brad Mehldau
5. For the Roses - Cassandra Wilson
6. A Case of You – Prince
7. Blue  - Sarah McLachlan
8. Ladies of the Canyon - Annie Lennox
9. The Magdalene Laundries - Emmylou Harris
10. Edith and the Kingpin - Elvis Costello
11. Help Me - k.d. lang
12. River - James Taylor

Visit www.atributetojonimitchell.com for more info

UPDATE: Stream the new Wilco album, "Sky Blue Sky"

Listen to "What Light" from Wilco's upcoming album, Sky Blue Sky.

More info at Wilcoworld

New Song from Laura Veirs

Listen to "Pink Light", from Laura Veirs's upcoming album, Saltbreakers.

Laura will be touring the US and Europe this Spring. Check back soon for more dates!

New Music

Listen to music from some upcoming releases:

"Amor, Amor, las nubes a la torre del cielo" from Lorraine Hunt Lieberson performing Peter Lieberson's Neruda Songs with the Boston Symphony

"Outro" from Caetano Veloso / Ce

"Cafe" from Gipsy Kings / Pasajero

John Adams: A Flowering Tree

Listen to a clip from John Adams's new opera, A Flowering Tree.

Music by John Adams, libretto by John Adams and Peter Sellars, adapted from the ancient Indian folktale and poetry in translations by AK Ramanujan. The opera will premiere on November 14 in Vienna. More info at earbox.com

The Black Keys: "Your Touch"

"Your Touch", directed by Peter Zavadil:

Listen to more at nonesuch.com/theblackkeys

The Gothic Archies: "Scream and Run Away"

Listen to more tracks from The Tragic Treasury - and find out more about The End at www.lemonysnicket.com

Be friends with The Gothic Archies at MySpace

Jeff Tweedy: "The Thanks I Get"

Watch "The Thanks I Get", from Sunken Treasure, out on 10/24:

Listen to new music from Nonesuch

New releases fron the last couple of weeks - click to listen.

  Ali Farka Toure / Savane

  Scritti Politti / White Bread Black Beer

Toumani Diabate / Boulevard de l'Independence

More new songs from upcoming releases by Shawn Colvin, The Black Keys, and Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau playing now on Nonesuch Radio! Click at left to listen.

The Black Keys

The Black Keys' new album, Magic Potion, comes out September 12.

Listen to tracks from the album:

Your Touch

You're The One

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