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“Hey, the more Yes music being played in 2016, the better.”
Read MoreShakespeare & Company’s staging of Merchant of Venice is the strongest this critic has ever seen or could hope to.
Read MoreMost of the can’t-miss acts on this year’s Lowell Folk Fest roster are artists who make preserving musical traditions a family business.
Read MoreHomophobia may not have been behind Freddie Mercury’s decision to keep the location of his ashes a secret, but it hardly ruins Mercury’s Ashes.
Read MoreReaders inspired to take a listening journey from Gioia’s historical perspective will benefit greatly from his delineation of jazz’s various forms.
Read MoreBen Ratliff’s volume about how to listen to music is full of fairly radical but largely undefended assertions.
Read MoreA writer has to write for the now or to write for the ages. Gleason almost always chose the now, but his best moments go deeper.
Read MoreApollinaire Theatre Company has expanded the possibilities of finding first-rate outdoor Shakespeare in the Boston area.
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Cultural Commentary: Artwashing — Aiding Derelict Neighborhoods or Abetting Social Inequity?
For the anti-gentrification critics, urban deterioration should be left the way it is.
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