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Concert Review: Dancehall pioneer Tiger Returns — A Blast From the Reggae Past

September 9, 2014
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The evening was not just a pleasurable throwback to ’80s digital reggae riddims, but drew on the misogyny and homophobia that dominated reggae during that era.

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CD Review: Sérgio Mendes Pours on the “Magic”

September 5, 2014
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“Magic” reflects the Mendes touch—more than 50 years of expert piano, arranging, and production chops, and a genius for choosing the right collaborators.

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Album Review: Coldplay’s “Ghost Stories” — Going Through a Rough Patch

May 25, 2014
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Coldplay’s “Ghost Stories” is not a fun or a happy listen, but it is a worthwhile one.

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Concert Review: Barry Gibb on Tour — The Bee Gees Redux

May 16, 2014
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Though Barry Gibb performed most of his life with the Bee Gees, he was surprisingly un-slick as a showman.

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Music Commentary: Looking for the Real at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

May 15, 2014
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Mostly, I’m looking for that most elusive and hard-to-define quality — authenticity.

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Music Review: “Sugar Man” Rodriguez — The (Finally Famous) Mexican-American Singer-Songwriter from Detroit Comes to Boston

May 15, 2014
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Whether it was intended or not, Searching for Sugar Man did more than delve into the past of Sixto Rodriguez; it created his future.

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Fuse Concert Review: The Wailin’ Jennys — A Band Comfortable in its Own Skin

May 10, 2014
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With their soaring harmonies and remarkable musical versatility, this Canadian trio, which originated in Winnipeg, Manitoba, has not lost an inch on its fastball.

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Music Interview: From Spouge to Soul — The Bajan Journey of Shirley Stewart

May 9, 2014
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A former Medford resident, singer Shirley Stewart will be returning for a career retrospective, part of the Caribbean Connection Mother’s Day Affair tomorrow in Boston.

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Concert Review: Gary Numan at the Paradise — A Friendly Kind of Intensity

March 26, 2014
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Yes, Gary Numan’s jumped a bandwagon, but the former new-wave hitmaker has done it with style.

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Concert Review: George Clinton — Still Delivering Up the Funk After All These Years

March 16, 2014
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A case could very easily be made for George Clinton as an anarchistic innovator who has played a larger role than he gets credit for in shaping a genre of music which probably defines the mainstream now more than any other.

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