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Reverentially known as Pandit ("teacher"), Shivkumar Sharma took the hammered dulcimer from humble folk instrument to classical concert stages around the world. He died Tuesday in Mumbai.

A composer, performer and installation artist from the Navajo Nation, Chacon's winning piece, Voiceless Mass, was composed for chamber orchestra and a specific Milwaukee pipe organ.

The driving force behind Antony and the Johnsons is Antony Hegarty, who grew up deeply influenced by the musical presence of Boy George and Culture Club. Jerry Dannemiller has a review of the group's second CD, I Am a Bird Now.

Jolie Holland's voice seems to come from another age. At 29, she often draws comparisons to blues singers Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith, but her music is a mix of front-porch folk and jazz, and distinctly her own.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan says director Rebecca Miller's life with her famous father, the late playwright Arthur Miller, has given her a deft hand for the story she tells in her latest film. The Ballad of Jack and Rose centers on an enigmatic father, a precocious daughter and an island retreat.

Ed Gordon talks with singer-songwriter Bobby Caldwell, whose music has become a staple in the smooth jazz world. Caldwell recently released a new CD, Perfect Island Nights.

Enough pieces of a bronze statue of Marjorie Tallchief have been recovered to restore it. The statue was cut into pieces that have been found at recycling centers in the Tulsa, Okla., area.

Actress, activist and exercise guru Jane Fonda discusses the three things she's most famous for: her films, her husbands and her politics. Her new autobiography, My Life So Far, has just been published.

Locked Down, a new photography exhibit in California, examines the lives of formerly incarcerated women after parole. Krystal Greene reports.

We talk with Brad Bird, who wrote and directed the Academy Award-winning film The Incredibles, about a suburban family with superpowers. The mix of average characters and extraordinary abilities has turned the animated characters into celebrities.