Music
Soprano Elizabeth Watts’ voice is as clear as crystal in every musical context and texture.
Blues feeling remains as unpredictable as ever. Who would have guessed that its strongest incarnation this year so far would be Ironing Board Sam’s Super Spirit?
James MacMillan is one of the few contemporary composers who has embraced elements of the avant-garde and still found a wide audience.
Michael Lewin’s new album must surely rank among the most poetic and sensitive Debussy recordings of recent memory.
An event that makes you feel good about the Boston scene—in part because it’s about the rock community getting together to help friends with multiple sclerosis.
trumpeter–composer Mark Harvey’s imaginative conducting made the pieces work together in fascinating ways.
A by no means complete round up of some recent releases in rock, from Keith Richards to the Libertines.
I have a short list of the greatest singers I’ve seen live—and Colin Blunstone of the Zombies is right up there.
Rethinking the Repertoire #5: Leonard Bernstein’s “Songfest”
Bernstein’s Songfest is Exhibit A in the argument that American orchestras and conductors need to champion the music of these shores.
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