Tim Riley, Author

Mickey and Sylvia spin reggae scooters.

Guitars from Let Me Roll It and Cold Turkey have a little spat.

Mandolin savant Chris Thile performs Bach violin Sonatas and Partitas on a level beyond most fiddlers, and he's no slouch at back-country yawping.

A Baroque treatment of the Beatles inspires mutations, and more lofty adaptations.

Chopin and Rachmaninoff steer pop Barry Manilow and Eric Carmen hits from the 1970s, as the King outsells both.

Emerson, Lake and Palmer turn Mussorgsky's piano warhorse into a power trio workout, and pile on with Bartok.

Fourth Symphony of Brahms arranged by Rick Wakeman (27.10)

In the middle of "The Bomber," Joe Walsh quotes Ravel's Bolero (27.00)