Music
Claudia Acuña reconnects Chilean roots with American jazz on “Ave de Luz,” while Jorge Drexler explores love, technology, politics, and dance on “Taracá.”
Claire Chase and her collaborators make a persuasive, vivifying case for Terry Riley’s hourlong score of freewheeling fantasy, grief, birdsong, and release.
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.”
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
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.
Curtis Stewart transforms two dozen American songs into inventive, virtuosic studies for solo violin.
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.
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
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.
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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