Music
There were unscripted song selections whose daring and heart made this concert so much more than a night of old beloved tunes.
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The magic in Eliane Elias’s performances is in how easily she slips from one musical dialect into another.
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Along with the legendary Peter Rowan, other multi-generational participants in this leg of the Sam Grisman Project tour are well versed in the bluegrass songbook.
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A trio of superb albums run the stylistic gauntlet, from the traditional to the experimental.
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The challenge for the Boston Pops in this program is obvious: combining the structure of orchestral music with the improvisational nature of Garcia’s work. On Tuesday, the pairing of rock band and orchestra proved to be uneven, groovy interludes interlaced with tentative patches.
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Denis Kozhukin is an inspired guide to music geared toward young players by Sergei Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky; Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst serve up mixed rewards in performances of symphonies by Julius Eastman and Tchaikovsky.
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I don’t know anything quite like Mehmet Ali Sanlikol’s Turko-jazz playing. (I invented the term.) I am glad it’s here for us to enjoy.
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“American Excursions” manages — and in a brisk fifty-nine minutes — to provide an impressive degree of racial, gender, and stylistic diversity.
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If any of these songs get some airplay and serve as gateway drugs to the glories of the Count Basie band, I’m all for it.
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Artist Remembrance: Brian Wilson — An Appreciation
Brian Wilson’s clear falsetto voice may be stilled but his amazing trove of timeless music lives on.
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