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Arts Remembrance: Emily Remler — The Short Life and Sad Death of a Jazz Guitarist

September 18, 2019
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Emily Remler took a particularly clear-eyed view of her work. She didn’t want to be judged by a lesser standard because she was a woman in the overwhelmingly male world of jazz.

Film Review: “One Cut of the Dead” — Meta Gonzo Zombie Horror

September 17, 2019
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This clever Japanese zombie film is a spirited attempt to blow up and reinvigorate the genre.

Opera Album Review: A Renaissance-Toned Opera by Saint-Saëns, Finally (and Finely) Recorded

September 17, 2019
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One of Saint-Saëns’s most important operas, Proserpine, has recently been given its world-premiere recording, and the result is a revelation.

Rock Concert Review: Billy Joel — A Seamless Show

September 16, 2019
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Billy Joel remains in fine voice and his versatile bandmates provided his songs with grace and fire power that fleshed out his casual but punchy onstage prowess.

Rock Concert Review: The Who — Recounting Their Amazing Journey

September 16, 2019
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The Who – arguably the third cog in British rock royalty behind the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – delivered more than a nostalgic run through the hits at Fenway Park on Friday.

Visual Arts Commentary: Public Art — Much More than Murals

September 15, 2019
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Thankfully, public art has become much more than murals for blank wall spaces.

Music Feature: Funny Tales and Flying Fingers — Keyboard Whiz Rick Wakeman Steps Out

September 15, 2019
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Prog legend Rick Wakeman is grumpy — becoming a septuagenarian means he can no longer party like it’s 1969.

Book Review: “As a River” — How Secrets Divide

September 15, 2019
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As a River is a sensuously and smoothly written book, a heartfelt meditation on what divides us from each other and from love.

Theater Review: “The Purists” — Rapping Out the Blues

September 14, 2019
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With The Purists, Dan McCabe has written a comic drama that not only has a lot to say, but does it with an enormous amount of playful vim and vigor.

Classical CD Reviews: The Tchaikovsky Project, Schumann Symphonies nos. 2 & 4, and Holst Orchestral Works

September 14, 2019
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Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic do justice to a lot of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral music, while John Eliot Gardiner and the London Symphony play Robert Schumann’s famously-dense orchestrations with clarity. But Michael Stern’s account of The Planets completely lacks mystery.

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