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Japan has been devastated by an earthquake and a tsunami — but author Marie Mutsuki Mockett has faith in the resilience of the Japanese people. She recommends Yoko Kamio's manga series, Boys Over Flowers, about a young heroine, who embodies Japanese perseverance.

As tribal nations debate what it means to be Native American, the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe is considering removing a rule that requires members to have 25% tribal blood.

On its debut album, Sheer Mag prove to be rock 'n' roll scholars who can map history onto present concerns.

Musician Geoff Muldaur is a master of American blues, roots, jazz and jug band music. In his newest release, he has classical musicians in Amsterdam give these quintessential American tunes the chamber music treatment.

The trio of players, all from Detroit, along with producer and author Sue Mingus, will be celebrated in a tribute concert next spring.

Cee Lo channels James Bond through soul and retro camp on his new album, The Lady Killer. From this year's viral hit "F- - - You" to a Band of Horses cover, the new record is the work of what Cee Lo calls "a young man with an old soul."

Chris L. Terry draws on his own experiences for this story about an unnamed biracial man whose attempts to hold on to both his white and black identities (and his gig in a punk band) cause a crisis.

Music critic Milo Miles reviews ... For the Whole World to See, an album of previously unreleased material from the proto-punk band Death.

These songs ache with loss, even as they explode in full-bore rock mayhem, and that loss extends beyond the deaths of loved ones.

Dameron was a composer and pianist who fused the sophisticated arrangements of the Big Band era with bebop's complex harmonies. A new biography shines a light on the too-brief life of the man known as "The Architect of Bop."