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Music Review: The Proud Evolution of Liars — from “They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top” to “Mess”

April 3, 2014
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The dazzling LP “Mess” proves that the band Liars has not half-heartedly made the switch to electronic music.

Music Interview: Pianist Jason Moran Plugs into the Powerhouse, Fats Waller

April 1, 2014
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“I love Fats Waller. Fats Waller will always be here because he is simply that magnetic a person(a).”

Rock Music Feature — Let’s Get Ready to Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble

March 31, 2014
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call it, jokingly, the Boston Rock Love Fest, but it really is!” exclaims Rumble organizer Anngelle Wood.

Concert Review: Gary Numan at the Paradise — A Friendly Kind of Intensity

March 26, 2014
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Yes, Gary Numan’s jumped a bandwagon, but the former new-wave hitmaker has done it with style.

Concert Review: A Gripping Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at Symphony Hall

March 25, 2014
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For at least the last decade, the LAPO has set the bar in creative programming, commissioning new works, and integrating itself into its community.

Concert Review: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Delivers a Magical Evening

March 24, 2014
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Heralded cellist Yo-Yo Ma has played with several distinguished pianists over the years, but none (are) better than Kathryn Stott.

Music Commentary: Checking Under the Hood of the Beatles’ “White Album”

March 21, 2014
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Deconstructing the “White Album” — How the Beatles could fight Like cats and work like dogs.

Theater Preview: Rescuing — and Reimagining — the Sarajevo Haggadah

March 18, 2014
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It was not the first time the Sarajevo Haggadah had benefited from Muslim protection: during the Nazi occupation, another librarian had spirited the Hebrew manuscript out of danger and hidden it in a local mosque.

Jazz Review: The Vijay Iyer Trio and Poet Robert Pinsky Create POEMJAZZ

March 16, 2014
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The first part of the evening worked: Robert Pinsky was a good enough actor, his poetry was sufficiently transparent, and Vijay Iyer proved to be a brilliant accompanist.

Concert Review: George Clinton — Still Delivering Up the Funk After All These Years

March 16, 2014
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A case could very easily be made for George Clinton as an anarchistic innovator who has played a larger role than he gets credit for in shaping a genre of music which probably defines the mainstream now more than any other.

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