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Such Ferocious Beauty ranks among the best of the Cowboy Junkies’ work — you can feel the band challenging itself, thriving in the tumult it generates.
Read MoreVivid descriptions of the oppression activists fighting for democracy in Hong Kong have faced – and continue to – elevates this novel above the usual YA bromides.
Read MoreA rare Black female instrumentalist band leader, whose improvisations on the harp were the equal of any horn, Dorothy Ashby deserves a respected place in jazz historiography.
Read MoreWildly imperfect but intriguingly ambiguous, the film’s flaws and contradictions are a virtue because its purported saintly hero is so hard to pin down.
Read MoreEach month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Read MoreLike Thin Lizzy, Minx marries metallic thunder with melodic structures and lyrics worth listening to.
Read MoreThis week’s poem: Askold Melnyczuk’s “Prayer of Origin.”
Read MoreBoston Calling reached some highs this year, sealed by perfect weather.
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