Tribute albums and concerts come and go but America: A Tribute to Heroes may well stand the test of time. Recorded just 10 days after the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 the two-hour telethon has an appropriately somber tone its also refreshingly unpretentious and ego-free with no audience and no onscreen identification of the musical artists or the actors and others who speak between songs. There are some passionate and moving performances by Bruce Springsteen Stevie Wonder Limp Bizkit and friends Neil Young (the much-praised "Imagine") and several more easily eclipsing the couple of outright turkeys (the overwrought theatrics of Enrique Iglesias and Mariah Carey). To watch the program now as the horror may have started to fade is to be reminded of the extraordinary emotions the tragic events of 9/11 aroused and while pop music may be superfluous in the big picture its power to inspire and perhaps even heal is something to behold.   ... >>