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From Tom Morello’s searing set to CMAT’s breakout turn and Dave Matthews’ final-set detour, the festival kept its focus on music that opened outward rather than looking back.
The punk auteur’s late-career swan song is ragged, witty, and politically sharpened, though not always as cohesive as its ambitions.
“The Dink” turns pickleball rivalries into an easygoing comedy about aging, ego, and unexpected connection.
Tomahawk readies a rare tour stop in Boston as its members reconvene after more than a decade.
Double Edge Theatre revives its 2015 roaming spectacle of ecological grief, political resistance, and communal art.
Daniel Mason’s latest novel trades the ambition of “North Woods” for a lighter, self-satisfied satire of intellectual life.
Few things more clearly attest to the endurance of the human spirit and the drive for creativity than the uninterrupted and unstoppable torrent of brilliant new jazz albums we’ve already seen this year.
Tyshawn Sorey tops the Frances Davis Jazz Poll at mid-year, spurring a reflection on signal vs. noise in a crowded jazz landscape.
Fitting the past into the present: the year (so far) in rara avis (reissues/archival)
Arts Commentary: The Orchestra Gap — Europe vs. the US
The widening chasm between European and American orchestras is not just a matter of polish, but of style, inheritance, and musical conviction.
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