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Tinariwen

Planet Houston

The world's great cuisines converge here.

Life on Mars

Grammy-winning prog-punks The Mars Volta mellow out on Octahedron.

No Exit

Blondie casts a wide net indeed on the band's Last.fm station.

Local Motion: Top Sellers at Area Record Stores

Cactus Music 2110 Portsmouth, 713-526-9272 www.myspace.com/cactusmv1. Springfield Riots, Say When EP 2. Todd Snider, The Excitement Plan 3. Jubal Lee Young, Last Free Place in America 4. Sonic Youth, The Eternal 5. Steve Earle, Townes 6. Elvis Costel ... More >>

Sonidos y Mas: Various Artists, "The Price of Silence"

Sixty years ago this week in Paris, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The original text was a collaborative effort from representatives from many nations including the United States (Eleanor Roosevelt was part of the team), written as a way to repudiate the atroc ... More >>

Afropop Arrives

Motherland music hit a fever pitch with U.S. bands this year

Houston International Fest 2007

The Bayou City's biggest festival continues making strides toward total recovery

Irie iFest

Finding the coolest runnings at this year's Jamaica-themed Houston International Festival

Popular Painting

Chéri Samba's gorgeous paintings double as social commentary

Africa, Via Switzerland

Can 33 artists from one man's collection sum up a continent?

Village Voices

Irving Penn's iconic, never-before-seen photos of Africa make an exclusive stop at the MFAH

Dancers and Daredevils

Irving Penn's iconic, never-before-seen photos of Africa make an exclusive stop at the MFAH

Rodeo's Gonna Git You, Sucka

When the Fat Show calls, you better answer

Okra Worship

Pearl's serves up real food for the soul; Fusion Café brings a little soul to Rice Village