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Jazz Album Review: Caleb Wheeler Curtis — Music with Brawn, Energy, and an Undercurrent of Surrealistic Mischief

December 25, 2024
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The model here is clearly Ornette Coleman’s early quartets on Atlantic but, in the hands of these trios, it’s clear there’s much that’s still fresh left to explore in this 65-year-old style.

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Music Feature: The Best Jazz Albums of 2024

December 23, 2024
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The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorite albums.

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Arts Feature: The 10 Best Music Documentaries of 2024 — Along with Others Worth Watching and a Few Disappointments

December 21, 2024
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If there’s a documentary on this list that you want to see and it isn’t readily available, I’d suggest following it on social media or checking if its website has an email list that will announce future screenings or streamings.

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Album Review: “B. B. King in France” — A Wizard of the Blues Casts His Spell

December 18, 2024
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On his live recordings, B.B. King displayed his brilliant use of stagecraft and pacing. He was one might call a mastro of manipulation.

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Arts Feature: The Best in Popular Music 2024

December 18, 2024
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Our popular music critics pick some of the standout albums and performances of 2024.

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Arts Feature: Top Classical Recordings and Concerts of 2024

December 15, 2024
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Our classical music critics supply their favorites, albums and concerts, from over the past year

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Concert Review: Jesus Lizard — More than a Noise-Rock Band

December 15, 2024
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Jesus Lizard remains one of rock’s most fearsome combos, and this night the veteran band delivered one of 2024’s most memorable shows.

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Opera Album Review: A Splendidly Engaging New Opera — “The Leopard”

December 15, 2024
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 I encourage anybody interested in the current state of opera to get to know Michael Dellaira’s “The Leopard”.

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Classical Album Reviews: “Boston Etudes” and “American Sketches”

December 15, 2024
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Violinist Kristin Lee revels in ragtime; pianist Jihye Chang commissioned a series of keyboard etudes from eight Boston-based composers.

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Classical Album Reviews: “Americascapes 2” & “Playfair Sonatas”

December 14, 2024
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Conductor Robert Treviño celebrates what we might call the dawning of the North American vernacular school; composer Ethan Iverson displays a fascination with instrumental color.

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