Music
A handy-dandy guide to seven newish summer arts festivals in the Boston area. They are all free of charge.
Read MoreThis troupe from North Carolina has managed to hit all the right prog-rock targets with music that has sweep, depth, and texture while avoiding pretension.
Read MoreThis was probably the loudest, rockingest Brian Wilson show I’ve ever seen.
Read MoreSo there was the Ornette Coleman Quartet, leading off the final side of vinyl with a cut that changed my life, “Lonely Woman.”
Read MoreThe great mistake we make as listeners or viewers is passivity. Music deserves and needs our active involvement.
Read MoreGunther Schuller dove into jazz with passionate hunger, in the process dispelling cultural, class, and racial prejudices.
Read MorePowder Her Face proved the perfect capstone to Odyssey Opera’s month-long survey of British (mostly comic) opera: biting, darkly humorous, provocative, and relevant.
Read MoreOne thing I’ve learned in years of being a Rush fan: Nobody ever changes their mind on this band.
Read MoreBryan McPherson has come a long way from writing songs in the room next to mine in North Cambridge and then busking at Porter and Harvard Squares.
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Arts Remembrance: Guitarist Garrison Fewell — The Master of Searching for Something More
An inspiring man as well as a brilliant musician, Garrison Fewell had the courage to turn away from the darkness and to embrace the light.
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