Music
Overall, VII finds Blitzen Trapper maintaining its musical muscle even though its lyricist occasionally struggles.
Read MoreIf Thursday’s performance of Mahler’s Second Symphony by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus was marked by some untidiness, the broad picture to emerge was one of often thrilling, Apollonian grandeur.
Read More“Return to form” is a little too easy, but if you miss the “old” Travis, then the new album, Where You Stand, is the one you’ve been waiting for.
Read MoreGil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) have been on something of a recording tear of late.
Read MoreBoston’s biggest outdoor jazz event has more of a local focus his year—hardly a problem, given the wealth of talent connected to Berklee, NEC and other institutions.
Read MoreA knockout performance from pianist Jeremy Denk, cellist Jan Vogler exudes a strong poetic sensibility, and pianist Hélène Grimaud’s Brahms Concertos are a mixed bag.
Read MoreWhile Múm sometimes succumbs to the monotony that’s a predictable risk for chill electronic acts, in Smilewound the group has brought together a set of intricately-crafted folktronic songs that are always enjoyable, and occasionally even breathtaking.
Read MoreIn conductor Christoph von Dohnányi, the BSO has one of its most trusted guests and thoughtful collaborators.
Read MoreThe jam-packed audience for the opening performance of the fiftieth season was filled with Cantata Singers old timers.
Read MoreThe crowd at the Paradise Rock Club was awful, and whether Jake Bugg noticed this or not, it caused him to turn in a pretty mediocre performance.
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