Music
American Football’s new album would be a fine effort for anyone but American Football.
At 82, Cohen seems to feel that there isn’t a lot of time left and that he has nothing to prove to anyone.
After all these many decades I am still deeply moved by Yo-Yo Ma’s playing, which combines irresistible charisma and generosity of spirit.
For recorded sound, for brilliance of orchestral execution, and for interpretive concept, Janowski is one of the 21st century’s best Wagnerians.
Conductor Benjamin Zander and his band were at their collective best performing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 6.
Brand X was essentially a bunch of top-flight session men who got together to blow off steam, a UK version of Weather Report.
With an artist as focused and sharp as Danilo Pérez as its musical director, Jazz 100 makes you sit up straight and hang on every note.
This was a fascinating program conducted by someone that the BSO will hopefully put (firmly) into their rotation of distinguished guest conductors.
Green Day’s latest offering is a largely unoriginal, imitative hodgepodge.
“I’d be happy to start making a new record tomorrow, but I don’t know if we’ve all decided what the next move is.”
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