Music
The Boston Artists Ensemble performance was full of bravado, virtuosity, subtlety, and charm.
Read MoreI trust Bowie, the way I trust Stevie or Miles or Aretha or Duke or Bach or Debussy or Ornette or Rahsaan or the recently departed Paul Bley.
Read More“I hope that these new venues still want to book the occasional seasoned musician, because audiences of all ages still love rock and roll.”
Read MoreBefore Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, before Iggy Pop, before the New York Dolls, David Bowie was my personal post-’60s music inamorata.
Read MoreThe magazine’s Roots and World Music critic looks back at a year of live performances: here are the winners and a few losers.
Read MoreBeethoven’s Mass in C is the highlight. Would that the San Francisco Symphony’s performance of the Third Concerto had more electricity.
Read MoreThese live recordings capture Weather Report’s sound during its most celebrated years.
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Classical Music Commentary: “Boulez est mort”
And yet, for all the violence of his youthful polemics and his unflinchingly-held beliefs, Pierre Boulez was neither demagogue nor ideologue.
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