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Music Interview: The Americano Groovers — Los Texmaniacs Come to Rhode Island’s Rhythm and Roots

July 28, 2017
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Chances to hear conjunto music in New England are rare; bravo to the Lowell Folk Festival and Rhode Island’s Rhythm and Roots.

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Classical Music Review: A Bleak “Black Monk” at Tanglewood

July 25, 2017
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It is my sad duty to report that an evening which looked so promising was hardly a worthy homage to an important musical figure of the 20th century.

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Jazz CD Reviews: Laszlo Gardony: “Serious Play”; Tim Ray: “Windows”; Yoko Miwa: “Pathways”

July 23, 2017
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These three area pianists offer up a mini-festival of satisfying keyboard music.

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Jazz CD Review: Dominique Eade and Ran Blake’s Personal Vision of Americana on “Town and Country”

July 18, 2017
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The throughline of “Town and Country” is folk — austere, hardscrabble.

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Jazz CD Review: Pianist Ahmad Jamal — Still a Classic

July 13, 2017
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Pianist Ahmad Jamal rose to fame by doing something completely different.

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Music Interview: Rench Explains the Shuffle and Flow of Gangstagrass

July 12, 2017
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What unites country and hip-hop? An outlaw narrative.

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Classical CD Reviews: Semyon Bychkov conducts Franz Schmidt and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Mendelssohn Symphonies

July 11, 2017
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Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin does dazzlingly right by the symphonies of Mendelssohn.

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Jazz Review: Thelonious Monk’s: “Les liaisons dangereuses 1960” – Times Retrieved

July 11, 2017
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But, good as the support is, it’s all about Thelonious Monk, who is in superlative form throughout.

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Classical CD Reviews: Alice Coote sings Mahler and Honegger’s “Le roi David”

July 10, 2017
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A wonderful new performance of Mahler’s three orchestral song cycles; Daniel Reuss’s account of the oratorio Le Roi David is basically flawless.

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CD Reviews: “Op. 2” and Faust/Melnikov’s Franck & Chausson

July 7, 2017
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Violinist Sebastian Bohren’s album is uneven; violinist Isabelle Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov have produced a wonder.

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