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DIED. JAKE HESS, 76, Southern gospel pioneer and early influence on Elvis Presley; in Opelika, Ala. The youngest of 12 children, Hess began singing in 1948 and starred in the seminal Christian music group the Statesmen Quartet. As a teenager in Memphis, Presley often attended Statesmen shows, and Hess later sang backup on the King's albums...
...months from now, it seems likely that Franz Ferdinand, the Glasgow-based rock band that's hotter this second than a Paris Hilton download, will travel from gig to gig via a record company's limousine. But for now, the quartet seems content to carry their own guitars on the London Underground. On a January afternoon, they boarded in north London, stumbling through the barriers with kit and overnight bags like well-equipped buskers. A few stops down the line and Franz Ferdinand - no relation to the assassinated Archduke - emerges on a rainy Charing Cross Road in the city center...
Though the Ying Quartet, the world’s only professional family string quartet, has been playing together for 11 years, the energy of their performance last Friday at Houghton Library shows they don’t have to worry about aging just...
...further expose people to classical music, which the Yings admit can “seem separate from society,” the quartet sponsors LifeMusic, a project that commissions pieces from relatively unknown composers with “a distinctively American” sound that any audience can relate to. David cites that these “musical experiments” and collaborative efforts—including an unusual collaboration with Phish—have helped the quartet sustain the magic during their career...
Boston College boasts four superstar offensive talents. Senior forwards Tony Voce and Ben Eaves, junior forward Ryan Shannon, and sophomore Patrick Eaves, the younger brother of Ben, could all have futures in the NHL. The quartet has combined for 65 points this season, part of the best offense—averaging 4.13 points per game—in the Hockey East conference. Harvard’s defense has not seen a more talented group this season...