Music
Overall, with Transitions Michael Nicolas proves himself a major cellist of his generation.
Three superb albums: two focusing on works by Brahms, one featuring Hans Abrahamsen’s meditation on Shakespeare’s Ophelia.
“My hope is that in the near future the mainstream music pendulum will swing much more heavily towards giving jazz the attention it deserves.”
Day of the Dead upends stereotypes and expectations, providing a compelling, exploratory trip through the Grateful Dead songbook.
There’s nothing quite like a Chandler Travis Philharmonic show.
Ghosts seems to be trying to be all things to all listeners — edgy, nostalgic, farcical, adventuresome.
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”?
The Rasas are but the latest in a series of remarkable scores John Harbison has been turning out over his eighth decade.
John Hiatt’s voice has taken on some Tom Waits-like cragginess in recent years.
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