Music
Tom Petty managed to not only survive but thrive in the ever-changing music world.
“As morality shifts,” NPR’s Ann Powers writes, “music does, too, helping people navigate those boundaries.”
Instead of wallowing in pity, singer Evie Sands has had the last laugh by remaining active as a performer, songwriter, and guitarist of original material.
In two new releases, Jane Ira Bloom and Brian Carpenter complete their work on self-defined projects that are tonics for a time of trouble.
The Monks were, and to some extent still are, the quintessential cult band.
One of Andris Nelsons’ great gifts as an interpreter is his ability to shape and develop large-scale musical forms.
Saxon and UFO may not be ‘forever young,’ but their spirits have yet to grow old.
Ebony Quartet serves up a “must-hear” album of music from between the world wars.
On the whole, this BSO Opening Night was a welcome overview Leonard Bernstein’s larger output and of his versatility as a composer.
Soprano Joyce El-Khoury sings spectacularly in her new disc, Echo.
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