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Music Interview: Debo Band — Another Side of Ethio-Groove

May 24, 2016
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Boston’s Debo Band expand their heterophonnic horizons on Ere Gobez.

Fuse Preview: Grand Harmonie’s Brass Menagerie

May 23, 2016
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This Grand Harmonie program is a survey of both the mainstream and wildly experimental uses of early brass instruments.

Classical CD Review: Michael Nicolas’ “Transitions” (Sono Luminus)

May 23, 2016
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Overall, with Transitions Michael Nicolas proves himself a major cellist of his generation.

Music Feature: Longy School of Music of Bard College — Going Strong at 100

May 20, 2016
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Celebrating Longy’s rich past has been a big part of the school’s focus these past months.

Classical Music CD Reviews: Paul Lewis and Trio Wanderer play Brahms, and Hans Abrahamsen’s “let me tell you”

May 19, 2016
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Three superb albums: two focusing on works by Brahms, one featuring Hans Abrahamsen’s meditation on Shakespeare’s Ophelia.

Music Preview: Saxophonist Grace Kelly — On Jazz and Beyond

May 19, 2016
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“My hope is that in the near future the mainstream music pendulum will swing much more heavily towards giving jazz the attention it deserves.”

Fuse CD Review: “Day of the Dead” — Not Just for Dead Heads

May 19, 2016
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Day of the Dead upends stereotypes and expectations, providing a compelling, exploratory trip through the Grateful Dead songbook.

Music Feature: The Chandler Travis Philharmonic Blows — a Conversation with Chandler Travis

May 18, 2016
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There’s nothing quite like a Chandler Travis Philharmonic show.

Classical CD Review: John Corigliano’s “The Ghosts of Versailles” (Pentatone)

May 17, 2016
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Ghosts seems to be trying to be all things to all listeners — edgy, nostalgic, farcical, adventuresome.

Rock Commentary: Made For These Times — “Pet Sounds” Turns 50

May 10, 2016
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What is there to say about an album that Rolling Stone ranked #2 in its 2003 list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”?

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