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Album Reviews: Billy Conway and Laurie Sargent — The Healing Power of Music and Community

May 1, 2020
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Laurie Sargent and Billy Conway found their sanctuary under the big sky of rural Montana, and their art echoes the genuine nature of their lives, shared across the miles with their Boston base.

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Television Review: Netflix’s Teen Comedy “Never Have I Ever” — Quirky to a Fault

April 30, 2020
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Never Have I Ever suffers from an identity crisis: the show doesn’t want to face that it is just another Netflix teen comedy, albeit with its share of engaging moments.

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Classical Music Commentary: The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2020-21 Season Announcement

April 30, 2020
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If ever there was a season the BSO needed to put its right foot forward — balancing the core repertory with some strong steps outside of it — this is the one.

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Book Review: Long Live 19th-Century Literature!

April 30, 2020
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Like Nina Antonia and Robert Clark, Mark Doty deftly interweaves personal narrative with his literary concerns.

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Performing Arts Series: Stories of Surviving COVID-19 — Double Edge Theatre

April 29, 2020
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“We believe the way to move through these times is 6 feet apart and ALL TOGETHER.”

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Book Review: “My Red Heaven” — The City as a Mirror for Consciousness

April 29, 2020
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Few contemporary authors much care to tussle with the proverbial mot juste; Lance Olsen insists on it, and over the course of fifteen novels, five books of nonfiction, and five short story collections, has shown himself a master of prose style.

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Jazz Interview: Drummer George Schuller on Working with Lee Konitz

April 28, 2020
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It amazed me that Lee Konitz in his nineties could still find his way through a maze of changes, chorus after chorus, and at the same time be capable of weaving a beautiful, unscripted melody while producing a sound so wide, one could crawl into it.

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Rock Album Review: The Mountain Goats — In Praise of Loss

April 28, 2020
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An admiration for certain defeat permeates much of The Mountain Goats’ album Songs for Pierre Chuvin.

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Book Review: “Bring That Beat Back” — A Stellar History of the Art of Sampling

April 27, 2020
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Nate Patrin’s magnificently written and wildly informative new book argues for the artistry of sampling, its potential for beauty.

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Rock Reviews: Heavy Metal Round-Up — Competing Apocalypses

April 27, 2020
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The cumulative message of these heavy metal bands might be: “I see your pandemic, and I raise you one.”

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