Canadian pair withdraws after Meagan Duhamel’s hard fall; China’s Shen-Zhao win pairs

Canadian pair out after hard fall at Skate America

Canadian pair withdraws after Meagan Duhamel’s hard fall; Shen-Zhao win pairs

Canadians withdraw after hard fall

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Canadian pair Meagan Duhamel and Craig Buntin withdrew from Skate America on Saturday when she fell hard to the ice and reinjured her right leg.

US ice dancers Tanith Belbin, Ben Agosto increase lead at Skate America

Belbin-Agosto win original dance at Skate America

Playing the White House: music on a higher scale

MELANCHOLY BALLAD

The first East Room concert for an invited audience took place on Feb. 23, 1883, when Chester Arthur had more than 100 guests hear members of Her Majesty’s Opera Company sing Mozart, Verdi and Wagner. The star of the evening was famed Canadian soprano Emma Albani, who sang “Robin Adair” as her final selection. The song had special meaning for Arthur, whose late wife Ellen had sung the Irish ballad many times at Arthur’s request.

Argentine folk legend Mercedes Sosa dies, inspired opponents of Latin America’s dictatorships

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, the “voice of Latin America” whose music inspired opponents of South America’s brutal military regimes and led to her forced exile in Europe, died Sunday, her family said. She was 74.

Doctors: Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa in ‘pharmacological coma,’ organs weakening

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Doctors say Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa’s health is deteriorating further at the Buenos Aires clinic where she is in critical condition.

Famed Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa hospitalized, breathing with a respirator

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa was in critical condition, breathing on a respirator after suffering liver, kidney, heart and breathing problems. Her son said it’s a time for prayer.

Music Review: David Gray’s latest ‘Draw The Line’ another dash of soulful folk

David Gray, “Draw the Line” (Downtown/Mercer Street)

Musician who helped revive American folk music, Mike Seeger, dies at 75 in Va. of cancer

LEXINGTON, Va. —Mike Seeger, who helped revive traditional American folk music, has died at age 75.

Estonians sing en masse to lift spirits dampened by recession

TALLINN, Estonia — More than 20,000 choir singers gathered Sunday to fill the air with positive vibes as Estonians took their minds off a crippling recession in a mass celebration of folk songs.

Has Jimmy Sturr won enough polka album Grammys? Recording industry eliminates his category

LOS ANGELES — It’s enough to make any serious polka fan shove his plate of sausage aside, fling his lederhosen in the closet and go out and shed a few tears in his beer.