Music Index

Profile UNCOMMON VIRTUOSO Is Marc-André Hamelin the world’s greatest pianist? Audio File THERE IS ACCOUNTING FOR MUSICAL TASTE Why listeners are set in their ways from an early age Interview PUNK PALEONTOLOGY Bad Religion frontman Gregg Graffin finds time for ancient vertebrae News Conference EXPORTING WORLD RHYTHM Cuba’s Compay Segundo is an overnight success at 91 Rave ESCAPE FROM ELECTRONICA Prodigy, Bran Van 3000 headline 13-hour event

Concert Review HANSON PLAYS TO HORMONES Teen phenom drowned out by girl-powered screams Interview BJÖRK'S DREAM An Icelandic techno pop diva wakes up slowly Rehearsal THE BASEMENT TAPES Child 44 combats suburban boredom with peanut butter, girlie mags, and three chords Fugue NEO-PUNK MEETS OLD FOLK Bruce Cockburn cut and pasted with Green Day Profile SHOWMAN IN THE SHADOWS R&B hitmaker Vann “Piano Man” Walls re-discovered half a century after making his mark