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Rock Concert Review: Steve Miller Band with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

July 27, 2019
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The most accurate name for this summer’s Steve Miller/Marty Stuart tour would be “When Two Music Geeks Collide.”

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Rock Concert Review: Elvis Costello and Blondie — Fun, with Some Surprising Edge

July 25, 2019
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What could have simply passed for a nostalgic classic-rock spin turned out to be an expansive smorgasbord, frustratingly uneven at times, yet given to flashes of fervor and surprise.

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Music Remembrance: Adeus, João Gilberto, Free-Spirited Creator of Bossa Nova

July 16, 2019
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Melhor do que isso só mesmo o silêncio, melhor do que o silêncio só joão (The only thing better than [music] is silence, the only thing better than silence is João)—Caetano Veloso (“Pra Ninguém”)

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Classical CD Review: Bravo Leoš Janáček — A Marvelous Serving of his Vocal Music

July 16, 2019
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This album led me to choose, for a summer project, to listen to all of the music of Janáček — and it has been a complete delight.

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Theater Review: “Rock and Roll Man” — Ambitious Musical Fun

July 13, 2019
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If you enjoy singing and dancing in your theater seat to the sound of good music while learning a bit about American cultural history and its personalities, you will enjoy this show.

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Jazz Concert Review: A Third Report from the 40th Montreal Jazz Festival —  Harmony Amidst Chaos

July 13, 2019
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This year’s Montreal Jazz Festival Festival would have been more successful had it not been for all the construction ripping apart the city.

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Opera Album Review: Now Hear What Berlioz and Wagner Admired — Gaspare Spontini’s “Olimpie” in a Stupendous New Recording

July 12, 2019
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This world-premiere recording of the 1826 Paris version of Gaspare Spontini’s Olimpie makes a powerful case for a composer much admired in his own day.

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Rock Concert Review: “The Rolling Stones” — Loose and Feisty

July 9, 2019
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The Rolling Stones were still up there, sounding vital, and that alone delivered satisfaction.

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Jazz Concert Review: The Montreal Jazz Festival Turns 40, Part Two

July 9, 2019
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A sense of promise remains a hallmark of the Montreal Jazz Festival — always end by looking forward.   

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Rock Review: Phish — A Yin-and-Yang Scenario at Fenway Park

July 8, 2019
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Saturday’s performance made up for a rain delay withthe longest single set since the band’s millennium-greeting Everglades marathon.

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