Europop

Hard to resist the latest fizzy pop sensations from Europe: Belarussian-Norwegian violinist-singer-gummibear Alexander Rybak, favored to win the Eurovision Song Contest this year (and accompanied by the most freakish background dancing I have ever seen, a modern folk dance group called Frikar), and stout Scottish church lady-diva Susan Boyle, bringing the house down at Britain's Got Talent...