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Whatever else you might think about the compact disc, it has, in a way that perhaps no previous recording format possibly could have, allowed light to fall on every repertoire nook and musical cranny imaginable. Evidence of such appears with increasing regularity. This month's Exhibit A arrives...

Song is arguably the most fundamental form of musical communication — in theory anyone can do it, but in practice very few can to a level that makes it worth sharing. This month's cover artist, a singer of great talent, has made song one of her musical missions — to the extent that she has...