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Music Festival Review: Northlands Music & Arts Festival — Chill Vibes

Northlands lacks the infrastructure, diversity, and history of some of New England’s finest music fests, but its two-day debut provided a rustic oasis for jambands.

By: Paul Robicheau Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock, World Music Tagged: JRAD, Lettuce, Lotus, Northlands Music & Arts Festival, Paul Robicheau

Album Review: “Hurray for the Riff Raff” — Making Art Out of American Angst

Life on Earth aches with the sadness of the human condition, touching on personal trauma and reaching into the malaise of a week of national bad news.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: Alynda Segarra, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Life on Earth, Matt Hanson

Concert Review: Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Dazzle at The Sinclair in Cambridge

The brilliant set was a celebratory exploration of Molly Tuttle’s bluegrass roots, albeit with a fresh perspective.

By: Scott McLennan Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: Golden Highway, Molly Tuttle, Scott McLennan, The Sinclair

Festival Review: Solid Sound 2022 — Fun For All

Solid Sound is like a family picnic for stylistically open-minded musicians and fans alike within the brick-mill infrastructure of MASS MoCA.

By: Paul Robicheau Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Bonnie Prince Billy, Cruel Country, David Byrne, Japanese Breakfast, MASS MoCA, Michelle Zauner, Neko Case, Paul Robicheau, Solid Sound, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sylvan Esso, Wilco

Album Review: Drummer Bill Bruford’s “Making a Song and Dance” — Adventures Galore

Legendary percussionist Bill Bruford’s recorded output reveals him to be a restless innovator who went from one band to another so he could learn more about his instrument and about himself as a musician.

By: Jason M. Rubin Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Bill Bruford, Jason M. Rubin, Making A Song And Dance

Rock Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am The Moon” — Nothing If Not Ambitious

Crescent gives us the first five songs of the I Am The Moon suite and runs about 35 minutes. Let me rephrase that: it runs about 35 perfect minutes of music.

By: Scott McLennan Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Crescent, I Am the Moon, Nizami, Susan Tedeschi, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Story of Layla and Majnun

Concert Review: The 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — The Blessed Return of Musical Serendipity

We’d returned to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. We’d ridden a paddle-wheeler on the Mississippi River. It was good to be back, and why we’ll go back every chance we get: to life.

By: Jon Garelick Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Popular Music, Review, World Music Tagged: Alex McMurray, Aurora Nealand, Jon Garelick, Kevin Goodman and the Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Quiana Parler, Ranky Tanky, The Daiquiri Queens

Album Review: Keb’ Mo’s “Good to Be…” — Too Contented

At his best — and there are indeed moments of that here — Keb’ Mo’ is a genre-bender who brings new listeners to blues, folk, and smooth soul music.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Jazz, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: Good To Be…, Keb’ Mo’, Rounder

Album Review: Omar Apollo’s “Ivory” — Making Good on His Promise

Ivory is at its best when Omar Apollo fully commits to taking adventures into different sonic spaces.

By: Alexander Szeptycki Filed Under: Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Alex Szeptyck, Apolonio, Ivory, Omar Apollo

Pop Album Review: Charli XCX’s “Crash” — Loud, Reckless, and Messy

Charli packages existential angst and heartache in sly, self aware pop performances that manage to deftly fuse self-conscious artificiality with earnest passion.

By: Alexander Szeptycki Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: Alexander Szeptycki, Charli XCX, Crash

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  • Rock Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am The Moon” — Nothing If Not Ambitious Crescent gives us the first five songs of the I Am The... posted on May 30, 2022
  • Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am the Moon” — Part Two, “Ascension” The high quality of the material presented thus far jus... posted on June 27, 2022
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  • Hoyt June 28, 2022 at 10:44 pm on Concert Review: Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Dazzle at The Sinclair in CambridgeNice review. Saw her/them at The Birchmere (Alexandria, VA) last night (6/27/22). Two hours, no-break with a 4-song encore. Molly...
  • nathan heinze June 28, 2022 at 8:45 pm on Visual Arts Commentary: Philip Guston and the Impossibility of Art CriticismFantastic review! Insightful and thoughtful.
  • SteveMackett June 28, 2022 at 3:16 pm on Album Review: Drummer Bill Bruford’s “Making a Song and Dance” — Adventures GaloreNo doubt Tony Banks!
  • Susan Vertullo June 28, 2022 at 10:29 am on Film Review: The Devil and “Elvis”Well-written, thoughtful review! Now I wanna see the movie. Tim Jackson gets bonus points for making me look up "hagiographic."...
  • Kris June 28, 2022 at 5:57 am on Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am the Moon” — Part Two, “Ascension”Nice job Scott, looking fwd to hearing the new album! And guess who lives in Gilford and will see the...

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