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Top Albums: Source Yahoo!

#1: The Fame - Lady Gaga

(C) 2008 Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherry Tree.

#2: Fearless - Taylor Swift

(C) 2008 Big Machine.

NPR News: Music

Ornette Coleman: The Internet Was Right (I Guess)

Next week, Ornette Coleman turns 80, and we're re-featuring Act Like You Know: Ornette Coleman at Take Five to celebrate. As the Internet is want to do, I got called out in the comments when the article was originally published.

Chopin's Iconic Funeral March

No one made funeral music quite like Frederic Chopin, the Polish composer born 200 years ago Monday. Chances are, you've heard snippets of his musical evocation of doom and gloom in cartoons, movies and — of course — funerals.

Sam Amidon On 'World Cafe: Next'

Working with composer Nico Muhly, Amidon has taken an experimental approach on his latest album, I See the Sign. On the new record, which features vocal contributions from Beth Orton and Neko Case, Amidon's interpretations feel relaxed and intimate, but also far-reaching in their ambitions.

Music News: Source MSN

T-Bone Wolk, bass player for Hall & Oates, dies

Tom 'T-Bone' Wolk, longtime bass player for Hall & Oates, dies of heart attack at 58

Drug tests pending in Marie Osmond son's LA death

Marie Osmond says family devastated over death of her 18-year-old son in Los Angeles