Music

Rock Critic Ken Tucker reviews "Ill Communication," the new album by The Beastie Boys.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Jon Secada's "Heart, Soul and A Voice".

Milo Miles, world music commentator, reviews "Boto," a debut album by Lokua Kanza on the French label Night and Day.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a recording of George Gershwin piano rolls.

World Music critic Milo Miles reviews two new releases by Oumou Sangare, the woman singer from Mali: "Moussolou" and "Ko Sira" both on Rounder's World Circuit Label.

World Music critic Milo Miles reviews "60 Horses in My Herd," (Shanchie) by the group Huun-Huur-Tu (HUN-HER-TOO), from the Tuva region in Mongolia.

World music commentator Milo Miles reviews some dancehall reggae by Jamaican-born New Yorker, Shaggy. His debut album is "Pure Pleasure," (Virgin)

Classical Music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new recording of Leonard Bernstein's "On the Town" and the television concert of the same show. (Deutsche Grammophon).

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews "Back to Broadway," Barbara Streisand's new album of show tunes.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews the original cast recording for Roger & Hammerstein's "South Pacific." (on Sony).