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Like a holiday gift from an outlaw uncle or a grenade dropped into a mantelpiece stocking, Bob Dylan's Christmas in the Heart arrives to challenge pop-music purists and Dylan's rep as a perennial pioneer. Some listeners will want to pat the singer on the back--hard, so he can cough up whatever it is that makes him sound like a tubercular hobo who's wandered into a karaoke bar at Yuletide. Others will wonder what statement Dylan, a Jew who for a while declared himself a born-again Christian, is making with a 15-song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Like a Rolling Snowman | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...homage. From his early covers of Woody Guthrie ballads to his current stint as a satellite-radio DJ, Dylan has been as much an innovator as an advocate for American musical tradition. For Dylan and any other kid growing up in the 1940s and '50s, Christmas songs as interpreted by Bing Crosby and his fellow crooners were folk music. These new versions of such pop classics as "Silver Bells" and "The Christmas Song" may alternate between croaks and moos, but they're reminders that a Christmas LP was a rite of passage into the mainstream for early rockers like Elvis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Like a Rolling Snowman | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

With its blend of humor, musicality, and longstanding tradition, the Harvard University Band clearly holds a special place in the hearts of many. As the words of Prop Crew Manager William D. Ramsey ’12 well summarize: “I love Band because it is spontaneous, fun-loving and tradition-filled, without ever losing sight of the quality of the music...

Author: By Clio C. Smurro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HUB Marches Through Time | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

Celebrate the Day of the Dead by watching ballet folklorico, taking part in a skull design competition, and enjoying mariachi music...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Halloween Happenings | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

...French language at home. The Academie Française began its mission of purging the French language of impurities - often words taken from other languages - way back in 1635. The key objective of the country's 25-year-old exception culturelle is ensuring that French-language music, film and other cultural products are not dominated by English-language imports. And a law passed in 1994 requires that French translations accompany any foreign phrases in state documents, business contracts and even advertising. (Read "The Class: A Year in the Blackboard Jungle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why France Is Pushing Its Students to Master English | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

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