Music

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new two-disc set of historical recordings of the theater music of Kurt Weill: "From Berlin to Broadway," (Pearl Records)

World Music critic Milo Miles comments on his three favorite Latin releases of the last few months.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews Volume 1 of a series called "Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era" featuring pianist Pauline Alpert (Pearl label).

Music critic Milo Miles reviews Mo Boma's album "Myths of the Near Future" and the Rothenberg-Bonne-Velez Trio's album "On the Cliffs of the Heart."

Milo Miles reviews Sister Rosetta Tharpe's Complete Recorded Works 1938-1944 by Document Records. also Mahalia Jackson's Apollo recordings.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Kirk Franklin and the Family.

Commentator Milo Miles reviews the five-CD box set featuring Chicago and country blues performers from the early 60s. It's called "American Folk Blues Festival '62 to '65." (Evidence label).

Music review "Brasil: A Century Of Song" by Milo Miles. .

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews "Brown Sugar" (EMI label) the debut album by the singer named D'Angelo and "R. Kelly" (Jive records) by the rapper R. Kelly. Both are R&B albums.

Critic Milo Miles reviews "Blues, Rags, and Hollers," a reissue of a 1963 debut album of Koerner, Ray, and Glover (Red House Records Elektra).