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While countless bands have tried to claim the throne left vacant by The Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic has made a strong case for itself. Its rootsy Southern jam-rock, informed by jazz and blues idioms, lends it credibility.

Lead singer and songwriter for The Kinks, Ray Davies started The Kinks in 1964 with his brother, Dave. They are said to be the pioneers of the rowdy garage band genre of rock music. Davies is now 61 and on tour for his first solo album, Other People’s Lives.

Ska Cubano's music merges Jamaican ska and Cuban mambo and son. Born from a "what-if" that erases the 1959 Cuban revolution, the music reimagines musical history.

After more than 40 years as the Kinks' lead singer and primary songwriter, Ray Davies has released his first solo studio recording, Other People's Lives. Despite the album's title, the music is really about him. The 61-year-old says the characters that he sings and writes about are a reflection of who he is.

At Sunday's Tony Awards, fans will focus on actors, writers, directors and designers. But hundreds of others, whose names are less prominently displayed on the playbill, are a crucial part of the Broadway scene.

Cellist Jan Vogler and violinist Mira Wang are accomplished soloists. And both are married — to each other. They discuss the challenges of juggling independent careers, marriage and parenthood. They also perform three selections.

The Minus 5 began in 1993 as an offshoot of Scott McCaughey's band Young Fresh Fellows. Now, its has released a mature alternative rock record that is slightly less bubbly than previous Minus 5 output, but still diverse and engaging.

Jamie Lidell's goal is to reinvent electronic music, to add a little soul and turn it into "music for a little living and a little loving." He has drawn comparisons to Prince, Sly and the Family Stone and Little Richard. Though classified as an electronica artist, Lidell actually ranges from funk to pop to beat boxing.

Beth Orton has been making her own brand of emotional, clean and poignant music for 10 years now. Her reputation has grown tremendously since her debut album, Trailer Park, was released. Her latest album is called Comfort of Strangers.

The Seventh Symphony's premiere concert was performed to benefit the soldiers wounded a few months earlier in the battle of Hanau. Viennese audiences, miserable from Napoleon's occupations and hopefully awaiting a victory over him, embraced the symphony's energy and beauty.