Music
Summer has arrived thermally and is due to arrive astronomically early next wee; New England offers a geographically diverse menu of jazz festivals.
Jean-Guihen Queyras wraps up a Schumann concerto trilogy in style, pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton play with panache and color.
With its new album, Revival, Gozu finally unleashes its own demonic roar.
From Providence to Burlington by way of Cambridge, the New England jazz festival season is now underway.
Bishop Harold Branch’s decades of supporting the gospel scene have not been ignored..
Audiences for Liz Callaway can expect to hear faithful interpretations of these now familiar hit songs, but also expect the unexpected.
That Shostakovich left such a musical testament is, in its own way, miraculous; and it continues to speak to us with immediacy and power.
One takeaway from the concert: music can be forward-looking and even provocative without being off-putting and ugly.

Fuse Commentary: “The Boston Globe” Cleans House
Arts and entertainment are one and the same, both trivial– or at least way down the pecking order when it comes to things that are genuinely important.
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