Pop, jazz, and classical.

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• It Was a Very Bad Year The bright spots in jazz's lousy 2002.
  Fred Kaplan Dec. 27, 2002
  
• Dead Beatles for Christmas Why were their solo albums so awful?
  David Samuels Dec. 20, 2002
  
• Your Christmas Shopping List The year's five best indie albums.
  David Samuels Dec. 13, 2002
  
• Help These Boys Go Gold! Why the Vines are better than the Strokes, the Hives, and all those other Vowel Bands.
  David Samuels Dec. 6, 2002
  
• The Real King of Rap Nas is no Eminem. He's better.
  David Samuels Nov. 27, 2002
  
• Kurt Cobain's Last Stand The crass, exploitative release of Nirvana's final song.
  David Samuels Nov. 15, 2002
  
• The Next Radiohead? Idlewild could be tomorrow's big British rock band. Uh-oh.
  David Samuels Nov. 8, 2002
  
• The Last DJ? What rap lost when Jam Master Jay died.
  David Samuels Nov. 1, 2002
  
• Soul Pretender Cody ChesnuTT's new album mines 40 years of R & B history. But does it add up to anything?
  Gerald Marzorati Nov. 1, 2002
  
• Miles Davis' Missing Years Maybe his final albums weren't such a bust after all.
  Fred Kaplan Oct. 11, 2002
  
• There and Bach Again The revealing new release that pairs Glenn Gould's Goldberg Variations.
  Erik Tarloff Oct. 7, 2002
  
• The Punk Virtuoso Guitarist John Frusciante spices up the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
  James Surowiecki Oct. 2, 2002
  
• Duck of Earle Why Steve Earle's 9/11 album is such a flop.
  Josh Daniel Sept. 23, 2002
  
• Beck Gets Serious On his new album, he finally shows his roots.
  Gerald Marzorati Sept. 20, 2002
  
• A Long, Staid Trip How Deadheads ruined the Grateful Dead.
  Marc Weingarten Aug. 30, 2002
  
• Rockumentary Redux Everyone's wrong about the new Wilco movie.
  James Surowiecki Aug. 19, 2002
  
• The Sept. 11 Symphony Why New York asked composer John Adams to commemorate 9/11.
  Adam Baer Aug. 8, 2002
  
• The Poet Laureate of 9/11 Apocalypse and salvation on Springsteen's new album.
  A.O. Scott Aug. 6, 2002
  
• The Remixmasters A history lesson for Puffy Combs.
  Ben Williams July 29, 2002
  
• Kronos Crashes The quartet butchers Mexican music.
  Adam Baer July 22, 2002
  
• Seattle Super Sonic The eerie, gorgeous sound of singer-songwriter Robin Holcomb.
  Gerald Marzorati July 17, 2002
  
• No More Moby! Why on earth is he so popular?
  Ted Widmer July 9, 2002
  
• Oh, Brother The bluegrass purists don't understand country music. Here's what they're missing.
  William Hogeland July 3, 2002
  
• Nelly's Confusion Is the rapper a preacher or a party animal? Don't ask him.
  Marc Weingarten June 25, 2002
  
• Eminem's Martyr Complex The rapper is a national nightmare in his own mind.
  Gerald Marzorati May 30, 2002
  
• Bio Warfare Why did Neil Young try to squelch Shakey?
  Marc Weingarten May 24, 2002
  
• Electronica's Trip to the Country The hypnotic grooves that Björk and Radiohead are listening to.
  Gerald Marzorati May 22, 2002
  
• Weird Like Wilco Why their new record terrified the record execs.
  Tim Appelo May 14, 2002