FINALLY

Date change: Citing leaks on the Internet and the appearance of counterfeit CDs, Columbia Records has moved the release date of the new album by rapper Nas, “God’s Son,” from Dec. 17 to next Friday.

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Prize winner: Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has won the $200,000 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for music composition for her opera “Love From Afar.”