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The music Allan Chase’s septet presented at the Lily Pad on Wednesday night made a cogent argument for Sun Ra’s place among the great jazz composers.
Read MoreI confess: I also was among those who witnessed Peter Rowan play a zillion years ago, circa 1970, when he sang like an angel with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys.
Read MoreLike some of the best New Wave films of the ’60s, “Frances Ha” brims with the giddy optimism of youth.
Read MoreBoston’s Outside the Box festival falls far short of its stated mission to be “revolutionary” or “world class.”
Read MorePalma Violets are the greatest live band I’ve ever seen. I’m not backing down from that.
Read MoreVampire Weekend may hail from New York City, but with their boat shoes, button downs, and lyrics like, “Irish and proud, baby, naturally/But you got the luck of a Kennedy,” Massachusetts is their true spiritual home.
Read MoreThis fascinating book ends, leaving the reader with all sorts of questions — but that is exactly what really good fiction always does. Opening our minds, etching characters in our imaginations, and generating all sorts of possibilities.
Read MoreThis meticulous biography of Anglo-American poet Denise Levertov is the labor of many years and of deep reflection and care.
Read MoreCome celebrate the music of Sun Ra: legendary jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet, theatrical ringmaster, and lyricist of the extra terrestrial.
Read MoreAnat Gov does a fine job on the meta-playwriting level. “Best Friends” is a genre piece that is also an affectionate commentary on the genre to which it belongs.
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