Music
According to its web site, TUM operates mainly thanks to volunteers. We should be grateful.
1975 was when they officially began their reign. A fab year for sure.
Andris Nelsons possesses a clear fondness for Slavic music and his Tchaikovsky performances in Boston have become can’t-miss events.
The music was so extraordinarily pleasant and well performed that the two-hour production breezed by.
The Flamin’ Groovies in a nutshell — doubling as a rock institution and the best party band in town.
As a composer, Gunther Schuller’s legacy is complex and has yet to be settled. Sorting through it all will constitute a great, welcome adventure.
Andris Nelsons drew playing from the BSO that reveled in Alban Berg’s sense of color and musical drama.
Cyril Jordan of The Flamin’ Goovies talks about smoking pot with Ted Kennedy and impressing The Rolling Stones.
The biggest takeaway from the evening was the superb quality of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s playing.
Cultural Commentary: After Three Decades, The End of Live Jazz at Boston’s Top of the Hub
Top of the Hub was one of the very rare places in the country where ordinary folks would bump into jazz every night.
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