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Jazz groups of eight to eleven often make fascinating and unusual music, but they rarely survive.
Read MoreBut dissonance is at the edge of everything you hear at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — a sound that contains multitudes.
Read MoreWhile Freda Payne still sings “Band of Gold” on soul package revues, she has recently rekindled the jazz side of her career.
Read MoreReality is the driving force behind the suspense in this film’s look at the lurid underbelly of post-war Germany.
Read MoreEven the hippest of us can succumb to a deep longing for harmony, lush orchestration, and magic.
Read MoreA vital part of Susan Graham’s appeal is her winning personality; she makes a recital hall audience happy to be here before she sings a note.
Read MoreThis is Boston, not Austin.
Read MoreThe Southern-inflected melee of Harry Crews’ universe is like a Hieronymus Bosch canvas dipped in whiskey and flour and deep-fried.
Read MoreMurray Talks Music shows how brilliant Albert Murray could be even when he didn’t have time to polish his prose.
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Film Commentary: The IFFBoston — Documentaries Focusing on the Marginalized
The IFFBoston’s commitment to films about marginalized communities is turning the festival into an essential cultural event.
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