Music
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.
Spectrum is a stylish, intelligent, and enjoyable disc played by a couple of musicians from whom we can expect big things.
The set proved that Bob Dylan remains, among many other things, one of music’s great contrarians.
There’s a lot of music by Christopher Rouse to appreciate, ponder, puzzle over, and study in what we’ve got here.
Hilmes’ fascination with Liszt’s public notoriety stands front-and-center in this biographical effort.
Rockport’s intimate Shalin Liu Concert Hall overlooks the ocean, but seemed to be transformed into a flamenco parlor in Seville.
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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