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To their credit, replacing Freddie Mercury is not something his surviving bandmates have ever tried to do.
Chances to hear conjunto music in New England are rare; bravo to the Lowell Folk Festival and Rhode Island’s Rhythm and Roots.
The Malden resident’s new album is particularly impressive under the circumstances — he suffered a major stroke in January 2016.
The sense of place, the passage of time, the death-haunted imagery, and the coolly rhythmic verse gives Lucinda Williams’s songs their traction.
Acclaimed emo band Have Mercy doesn’t deliver much that’s new on their latest LP.
Kendrick Lamar has produced a scattered album for a scattered time.
With each piece, the impressive physicality of Kodō’s drummers becomes even more theatrical.
One of my favorite quotes from Gil Evans is, “Quit playing what you think I want you to play!”
It’s almost as important to see the Drive-By Truckers show at the Royale as to join a march in the streets outside.
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