Music
Brian Blade is not only a skillfully discreet: he can be as powerful as any drummer since Elvin Jones.
Here’s a look at the good stuff among last year’s live music events.
The late Roswell Rudd tried every sound a trombone could make, all of his efforts marked with a natural musicality.
The range of recordings issued this year was remarkable, both in terms of their instrumentation and their artistic inspiration.
A line-up of concerts, performances, and recordings that, as 2017 draws to its close, I can’t, for one reason or many, shake from my memory.
This documentary about John Coltrane serves up skillful, sensitive storytelling and an appropriate sense of reverence.
Matthias Goerne offers proof that he is the Wagner baritone of the day. And Thierry Fischer’s understanding of Mahler deserves our admiration.
Highlights include an excellent Tchaikovsky symphony cycle in modern sound and one of the year’s best chamber-music albums.
Commentary: #MeToo and Dethroning Rock Deities
We have the obligation to look behind the music and the culture that glorified and perpetuated it.
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