| Features |
 | Leonard Cohen - The bard is back from the meditative mountain with his first new album in nine years, and it's a Zenner. By j. poet |
| Angie Stone - The stone woul singer believes her music can help heal. Give a listen. By Tom Lanham |
| Miles Davis - Hot tempers and a cold fusion: The making of the ground-breaking assemblage In a Silent Way. By Michael Jarrett |
| American Roots - The TV series unearths a wealth of clips of our finest musicians. Feast your eyes. By j. poet |
| Destiny's Child - Not content with total world domination, Beyonce Knowles discusses solo projects, 8 Days of Christmas and Operation Infinite Destiny. |
| Sections |
| Start! - Merle Haggard gets back to his Roots, Hope Sandoval finds a warm invention, Tenacious D's unbridled love of Dio, Kasey Chambers' Seinfeld obsession and so much more. |
| Picks - The Divine Comedy. Having a mild weekend. Dilated Peoples, Raising the sophomore stakes. Henry Threadgill. And now for something completely different. Bela Fleck. Turning classical music on its collective ear. |
| On Record - Aphex Twin's Drukqs trip, plus more reviews than Consumer Reports. |
| On Screen - Slacker filmmaker Richard Linklater gets animated in Waking Life, plus video and DVD reviews. |
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