Music
When a favorite artist disappoints, is the fault in our stars or in ourselves?
Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan’s ambitious survey reframes the American story through guitar, poetry, and protest.
A reconsideration of the Kennedy Center’s unrealized national mission—and what its future could yet hold.
Claypool Gold tour turns Leader Bank Pavilion into a shifting laboratory of psychedelia, satire, and virtuosic groove.
A punchy live band loses its spark in a muddled, underpowered studio outing.
The jam band’s most thematically focused album yet turns digital overload into anxious, shape-shifting rock.
At Indian Ranch, Little Feat balances nostalgia and renewal in a high-caliber stop on its “Last Farewell Tour.”
Orchestral splendor meets interpretive risk in two Mahler releases.
Early promise, enduring vision, and a lifetime of well-timed reinvention.
Arts Commentary: The Kennedy Center and the Boston Symphony Orchestra — A Tale of Two Crises
A court-ordered reset in Washington and a self-inflicted rupture in Boston expose deeper failures of leadership, transparency, and trust.
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