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In this 2008 image released by FOX, the remaining "American Idol" contestants, from left, David Archuleta, Syesha Mercado, David Cook and Jason Castro are shown in Los Angeles. Audience declines for "American Idol" are most steep among youthful viewers, the people who set the pop culture agenda and are most likely to buy music made by the show's winners.

Critic's pick: Marcin Wasilewski Trio

Walter Tunis, Contributing Music Critic Contributing Music Critic

Who else but the veteran European jazz label ECM would issue an album called January with summer at our doorstep? Who else would then conjure a session full of sparsely designed, sublimely executed piano-trio chill and wrap it up in cover art of a twilight skyline blurred to obscure any identity?

Album review: Death Cab for Cutie

By Glenn Gamboa Newsday

Death Cab for Cutie's new album, Narrow Stairs, starts out promisingly, with the dramatic Bixby Canyon Bridge, awash in Chris Walla's crashing guitars and Jason McGerr's bashing drums, and the sprawling eight-minute-plus epic single, I Will Possess Your Heart, which begins with more than four minutes of Nick Harmer's throbbing basslines and expansive guitar work.

Album review: Duffy

By Glenn Gamboa Newsday

Duffy is much more than a nicer, non-addicted Amy Winehouse or the new-millennium Dusty Springfield, though being either of those things would be enough reason for celebration.

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