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Music News: Boston Does Boston — For the JP Music Festival

May 13, 2013
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Boston Does Boston acknowledges our bands by having local musicians from all over town, as well as JP, cover songs by their fav Boston rockers and dance musicians.

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Jazz Review: Pianist Tamir Hendelman — More than Just a Classic Sideman

May 13, 2013
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Tamir Hendelman’s remarkable keyboard skills are matched by his immense versatility. He’s an award-winning composer and popular session player who brings all-star talent to every gig.

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Music Review: The Boston Pops does “Fantasia”

May 11, 2013
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In the end, the technological snafu probably did more than the musical selections themselves to prove that listening to symphonic music ‘live’ is not a stuffy affair.

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Coming Attractions in Roots and World Music: May 2013

May 7, 2013
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May is inevitably one of the busiest times of year on the Latin, gospel, and R&B concert calendars as promoters hold Mother’s Day’s events and try to lure audiences indoors one last time before the start of summer.

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Fuse Concert Review: Nikolaj Znaider and the Boston Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Haitink

May 6, 2013
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The return to the standard repertoire, which, since January, has been the orchestra’s primary focus, is safe, unassuming, and (potentially, at least) creatively stifling.

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Coming Attractions in Local Rock: May 2013

May 3, 2013
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The first Boston Calling Music Festival, plus Buffalo Tom, Mean Creek, Andrea Gillis, and Math the Band.

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Classical Music Sampler: May 2013

May 3, 2013
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John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby gets its long-overdue Boston premiere, as does Jan Dismas Zelenka’s 1739 Missa Votiva. Handel’s Jephtha returns to the Handel and Haydn Society after a century and a half, and the Walden Chamber Players explore music from Cuba.

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Fuse News: A Critic’s Responsibility?

May 1, 2013
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Generally in New England we’re outspoken about nearly everything – politics, social issues, sports – so why not the arts?

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Book Review: Words From a Bedeviled Life — “Mingus Speaks”

April 30, 2013
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The best parts of this book of interviews come when Charles Mingus or his collaborators talk about the music.

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Concert Review: The Boston Lyric Opera Takes a Fresh Look at “The Flying Dutchman”

April 29, 2013
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The Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Flying Dutchman” may not the subtlest you will see — the Freudian elements are slathered on pretty thick — but the nervy dramatic concept adds to our understanding of the opera without compromising its core elements.

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