Music

Book Review: “Shout It Out Loud” — KISS and Sell

December 22, 2015
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Shout It Out Loud begins as a forensic examination of KISS’s Destroyer album, but it ends up as much more.

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Classical Album Review: Manfred Honeck conducts Beethoven’s Symphonies nos. 5 and 7

December 20, 2015
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This is truly exciting, world-beating Beethoven, played with gusto and a kind of musical intelligence that you simply can’t take for granted.

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Concert Review: Todd Rundgren Does Some Crowd-Pleasing

December 18, 2015
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Leave it to Todd Rundgren to poke fun at greatest-hits tours in the middle of a greatest-tour.

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Music Feature: Joyce Moreno at Berklee

December 17, 2015
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When she composes a song, she said, it’s her guitar, rather than her voice, that “chooses the key. The guitar is the boss.”

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Music Feature: Best Classical Performances of 2015

December 17, 2015
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Of course, it’s a tricky business to summarize a classical music scene as busy and wide as Boston’s.

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Music Review: Singer Darlene Love — At 74 She is Just Getting Started

December 14, 2015
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What came through strongest was Darlene Love’s pride in having a new album out and a comeback underway.

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Music Interview: Country Singer Susan Cattaneo—Making it as a Musician in Boston

December 12, 2015
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“I love analyzing songs and finding out what makes them tick and what makes them wonderful.”

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Fuse Music Preview: Joyce Moreno Meets Berklee

December 10, 2015
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Iconic second-generation bossa nova composer, singer, and guitarist Joyce Moreno.

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Rock Review: Rocket From the Tombs—Furiously Pointed and Pissed-off

December 9, 2015
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This was quintessential American punk that can stand proudly beside the MC5 and the Stooges.

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Arts Fuse Feature: Music in the Face of Crisis—A Benefit Concert for the Syrian Refugees

December 9, 2015
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The concert “is not about any political or religious statement, it is simply about human beings wanting to give a helping hand to other human beings.”

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