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'We, Children of the Pearl' an Outstanding Success in London
 The Sri Lankan cultural extravaganza, 'We Children of the Pearl,' was an outstanding success in London. The Sri Lankan cultural show was held on Saturday 15th December 2007 at Imperial College in London in front of a huge audience. Sri Lanka's diplomatic envoy to the Court of St. James, Mrs Kshenuka Senewiratne, High Commissioner, was behind the whole idea of organizing an event in partnership with Britain's large Sri Lankan Community to... |
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Features
The word "chanteuse" may have been coined for Canada's Krall, who has emerged as one of the preeminent jazz voices of our era--mostly by her mastery of a bygone one. On "The Very Best," the singer slinks and sashays through more than a decade's worth of reinvigorated standards.
Seventies rock-inspired ladies' man Josh Rouse found a few minutes out of his busy tour schedule to stop by Studio C. He treated us to solo acoustic versions of "Hollywood Bass Player" and "Sweetie" from his latest album, Country Mouse City House. 
While some guys try to impress girls with lines like "I didn't know angels flew so low," James Blunt simply sings "you're beautiful." That genius pick-up line scored him supermodel Petra Nemcova and turned him into a rock star overnight. His latest, "All the Lost Souls," continues with the romance.
Before Pink Floyd became '70s prog-rock heroes, they were Swingin' London's most interesting psychedelic pop group. Newly reissued with a CD of bonus tracks, the Syd Barrett-led "Piper," their debut, still stuns like it did then: as the most darkly grown-up children's lullabies anyone's ever heard.
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