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Jazz Album Reviews: Two Recordings, Two Homelands, One Expansive Musical Vision

September 17, 2026
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Claudia Acuña reconnects Chilean roots with American jazz on “Ave de Luz,” while Jorge Drexler explores love, technology, politics, and dance on “Taracá.”

Classical Music Review: Flutes, Stones, and Ecstasy — Terry Riley’s “The Holy Liftoff”

September 16, 2026
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Claire Chase and her collaborators make a persuasive, vivifying case for Terry Riley’s hourlong score of freewheeling fantasy, grief, birdsong, and release.

Classical Music Preview: Eric Nathan’s Violin Concerto Finds Hope on a Mountain

September 14, 2026
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The Rhode Island Philharmonic will perform the world premiere of  a new work shaped by a New Year’s Eve encounter with Ukrainian refugees—and the consoling force of “Amazing Grace.”

Concert Review: Carl Palmer’s Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tribute Defies Skepticism

September 14, 2026
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Joined by the ELP Legacy band and archival footage of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, the drummer delivered a technically astonishing and emotionally respectful evening at the Cabot Theatre

Classical Music Album Review: The Limits of Musical Consolation

September 12, 2026
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In “Silent Depths,” Kristian Sensini responds to the suffering of civilians in the West Bank and Gaza with sincere, accessible music that ultimately needs greater tension and complexity.

Classical Music Album: The American Songbook, Recast for Solo Violin

September 11, 2026
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Curtis Stewart transforms two dozen American songs into inventive, virtuosic studies for solo violin.

Rock Album Review: The Smiths’ Best I and Best II Compilations– Revisited in a Warholian Light

September 9, 2026
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Rhino’s reissues of “Best I” and “Best II” reveal the breadth of the band’s music and the striking parallels between Steven Morrissey and Andy Warhol.

Concert Review: Mavis Staples and Alabama Shakes Turn Tanglewood Into an “Army of Love”

September 8, 2026
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At the Koussevitzky Music Shed, two generations of artists joined forces in a rousing concert of gospel, rock, resistance, and solidarity.

Jazz Concert Review: Brad Mehldau’s Elliott Smith Tribute Finds Light in the Darkness at Groton Hill

September 5, 2026
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With Chris Thile, Blake Mills, Matt Chamberlain, John Davis, and A Far Cry, the pianist transformed Smith’s songs into an expansive blend of jazz, indie folk, and chamber music.

Musician Interview: Graham Nash Still Has Something to Say

September 5, 2026
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At 84, the singer-songwriter discusses a lifetime of harmony, activism, loss, and why songs of peace and protest remain urgently necessary.

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