Music
This year I resolved to do an unapologetic fan experience at Newport Jazz.
“It might sound a little kooky comparing David Bowie to poet William Butler Yeats, but they had similar pitfalls as artists.”
Given the realities of music in 2016, it’s good to see a glitter-era icon who’s still alive and kicking.
“Hey, the more Yes music being played in 2016, the better.”
Most of the can’t-miss acts on this year’s Lowell Folk Fest roster are artists who make preserving musical traditions a family business.
Readers inspired to take a listening journey from Gioia’s historical perspective will benefit greatly from his delineation of jazz’s various forms.
Ben Ratliff’s volume about how to listen to music is full of fairly radical but largely undefended assertions.
Boston Midsummer Opera may be performing in a new location, but all their virtues have arrived at Watertown intact.
Time has only made the members of this trio more adventurous as well as accomplished.
Book Review and Commentary: Testaments to the Wonderful Ears of Ralph J. Gleason
A writer has to write for the now or to write for the ages. Gleason almost always chose the now, but his best moments go deeper.
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