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		<title>Gustav Leonhardt, Master Harpsichordist, Dies at 83</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dutch harpsichordist, organist and conductor was a pioneer in the world of period instrument performance and research into Baroque performance styles.]]></description>
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		<title>Sultan Khan, sarangi maestro, passes away</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Khan once said that "The art of giving good sangat (accompaniment) is that you must subdue your ego." ]]></description>
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		<title>Symfloydia: Orchestrations from the Underground</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weaving through Pink Floyd's experimental instrumentals [1968-1972].]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz Abstractions in The Third Stream</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recorded in 1960, this introduction to The Third Stream (classical+jazz) includes compositions by Gunther Schuller and Jim Hall.]]></description>
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		<title>Avant-Garde Composer Milton Babbitt dead at 94</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/5642</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/5642#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Babbitt's became an electronic music pioneer in the 1950s, when a synthesizer was a still a huge computer. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch orchestra stages protest concert at Hague station</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/4183</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/4183#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In response to Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who insists 200 million euros must be cut from cultural spending.]]></description>
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		<title>Exiled Iraqi musician uses forbidden instrument to promote peace</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/3888</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Frisell and Peter Buck join Rahim AlHaj in a fusion of Iraqi Maqam and Western Classical.]]></description>
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		<title>Hopkinson Smith</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/3521</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[7 solo pieces to soothe your soul, from a master of the classical lute.]]></description>
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		<title>Joan Baez &#8211; Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/903</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/903#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Folk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Songs and poems selected and edited by Joan Baez. Original music composed and conducted by Peter Schickele.]]></description>
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		<title>Fifths of Seven &#8211; Spry from Bitter Anise Folds</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/2189</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canadian]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An instrumental project (string, piano, accordian) based out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.]]></description>
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		<title>Ravi Shankar &amp; Ali Akbar Khan In Concert 1972</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/703</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/703#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Re-posted in memory of Ali Akbar Khan [14 April 1922 – 18 June 2009].]]></description>
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		<title>Of Cats and Kuerti</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/1401</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/1401#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canadian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contemplating cats, classical music, and nuclear disarmament.]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Winter Consort &#8211; Road</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/992</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/992#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Winter Consort debut LP.]]></description>
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		<title>8-fingered Piano Wonder</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/1055</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/1055#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He plays classical piano with skill - with only 8 digits.]]></description>
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		<title>Bela Bartok &#8211; Sonata No.1, Hungarian Folks Songs, Sonatina on Folks Songs from Transylvania</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/813</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/813#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Andre Gertler on violin and Diane Anderson, piano (1965).]]></description>
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		<title>Bela Bartok &#8211; Violin Concerto No.2</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/807</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/807#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Andre Gertler (violin) and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karel Ancerl. Recorded in Prague.]]></description>
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		<title>Eldon Rathburn &#8211; Labyrinthe</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/715</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/715#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avant-Garde/Experimental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This soundtrack was composed for the Labyrinthe at Expo 67.]]></description>
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		<title>Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet &#8211; Dracula</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/394</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/394#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seasonal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Are you sitting home alone this Halloween? Perhaps you have a few friends over, you are in costume, the lights are low, the candles are burning — now you just need a way to make people truly terrified! Sorry, but your chunky green guacamole dip just doesn&#8217;t qualify. Maybe you should turn up the lights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ustad Bismillah Khan and Party &#8211; Sublime Notes</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/729</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/729#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Memorial: Ustad Bismillah Khan [21 March 1916 - 21 August 2006].]]></description>
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		<title>Ali Akbar Khan &amp; Nikhil Banerjee</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/731</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally released on the “Connoisseur Society” label and recorded by David B. Jones between 1963-1974 in various churches around New York City.]]></description>
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