Music
These young musicians clearly embrace their roots, but there is no denying that this is a forward-looking troupe, one that flashes no pretensions as it blows your mind.
In any form, any format, anytime and any place, the presence of Russ Gershon is an imprimatur of exciting, eclectic, and innovative music.
Lost amid a flood of new music in the early ’70s, the three lps under review here never received their due.
Eventually, former Oasis leader Noel Gallagher gave everyone (including the diehards) what they really came to hear: Oasis banger after Oasis banger. B-sides, album tracks, and stripped down versions of the classics.
It’s easy to mythologize “The Days of Wine and Roses” because this album documents a band whose lineup splintered almost immediately.
First presented in 1813, “Les Abencérages” displays the mastery and inventiveness of the renowned composer of the opera “Medea.”
“Time Flies” offers approximately two hours of outstanding jazz, created by true masters with no other agenda than to play their asses off with the tape rolling.
A new CD brings us marvelous and varied works by an American master composed between the ages of 88 and 93 (and a mere child at 55).
As a major destination fest only a short ride south of Boston, Levitate still remains true to the reggae/jam culture of its surf-shop community.
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