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Concert Review: Cellist Johannes Moser joins the BSO Out on the High Seas

January 24, 2015
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Johannes Moser is a cellist I have admired for some years.

Jazz Concert Review: Laszlo Gardony Quartet — Always Swinging

January 23, 2015
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Made up of Boston-based musicians, the Laszlo Gardony Quartet is one of the city’s under-recognized treasures.

Concert Review: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain — Delightfully Daffy

January 19, 2015
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The fooling around was far more compelling than I could have imagined: the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain know how to throw a fun, funny, family-friendly show.

Rock Concert Review: Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven — For the Professorial Class

January 17, 2015
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This was the sixth consecutive year the double bill of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven hit the Middle East on MLK weekend; it was sold-out as usual.

Roots and World Music Review: Favorite and Least Favorite Shows of 2014

January 16, 2015
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Better Late Than Never: Fuse Music Critic Noah Schaffer’s favorite live music moments from the past year.

Classical CD Review: The Schneider Quartet — Heavenly Haydn

January 14, 2015
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Despite the monaural sound, these gloriously performed string quartets remain my favorite Haydn recordings.

Fuse Concert Review: “Hot Stove, Cool Music” — A Salute to Boston’s Vintage Years

January 12, 2015
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Intentionally or not, much of the “Hot Stove, Cook Music” concert was flashback to the Boston scene 20 years ago .

Concert Review: Yevgeny Kutik and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra’s “Russian Portraits”

January 12, 2015
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Violinist Yevgeny Kutik delivered a performance of the Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto that mined the piece’s subversive character but never shied away from its extroverted nature.

Classical CD Review: Seattle Opera’s Earthbound “Der Ring des Nibelungen” (Avie Records)

January 5, 2015
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What one really wishes is that the Seattle Opera’s Ring Cycle had been released as a DVD.

Rock Review: Marshall Crenshaw and Melissa Ferrick — A Welcome Holiday Tradition

December 30, 2014
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If your tastes run to finely crafted songwriting, then the standout event between Christmas and New Year’s is when Melissa Ferrick and Marshall Crenshaw roll into Club Passim on separate nights.

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