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Concert Review: Evgeny Kissin and the Emerson String Quartet — Brilliant

April 26, 2018
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The thought of the Kissin/Emerson collaboration was very intriguing, and I anticipated amazing music making.

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Jazz CD Review: “Tramontana” — Electric, Buoyant Big Band Music

April 25, 2018
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Juan Andrés Ospina is not just an original big band writer, but a deeply satisfying one as well.

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Jazz Preview: Arlington Jazz Festival — An Ambitious Line-up

April 23, 2018
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The motto on the Morningside Music Studios web site is “keep the groove in your life.” Words to live by.

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Jazz Commentary: Survival of a Scene in Boston

April 21, 2018
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Local music venues — especially those with “off” music like jazz — are caught in a vice, with real estate escalation on one side and corporate-dominated digital technology on the other.

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Jazz Preview: Radio Host Eric Jackson Anchors Jazz Week 2018

April 20, 2018
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Eric Jackson at the Beantown Jazz Festival

WGBH’s Eric Jackson has truly been the voice of jazz in Boston for more than forty years. This year, Boston Jazz Week centers around a celebration of Eric’s four decades at the heart of the jazz scene in the Boston metro area.

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Rock Interview: Gozu — Multifaceted Heavy Metal

April 18, 2018
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It’s not a bad time to be performing back-to-the-boogie heavy metal music anywhere in the world.

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Concert Review: A Healing Space — A Far Cry and the Miró Quartet Present “Loss and Resurrection”

April 16, 2018
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This is a sound I’ve never heard before at a chamber concert: over twenty musicians breathing in unison.

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Concert Review: Audra McDonald — Another Fabulous Performance

April 16, 2018
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There were the inevitable crowd-pleasers on which Audra McDonald puts her impassioned stamp.

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Opera Review: “The Rosenbergs” — A Morally Complicated Tale, Well Told

April 15, 2018
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The Rosenbergs is small in scope but large in ambition; it is an accomplished and moving opera that demands attention.

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Jazz CD Review: “Distant Song” — Reflective Strength

April 14, 2018
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Singer Fred Farell brings an introspective sensibility to this album and has gathered a group of songs that are appropriate for his introverted and quietly aspirational lyrics.

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