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Music Interview/CD Review: Langhorne Slim’s “Spirit” is Moving, Come Hell or High Water

November 19, 2015
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The Spirit Moves is imbued with a sense of rebirth, emotional and creative, that pairs well with Langhorne Slim’s trademark barn-burning intensity.

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Rock CD Review: Queen, “Live at the Rainbow ‘74” — Before They Were Massive

September 30, 2014
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The newly released Live at the Rainbow ’74 set proves that Queen had been slaying audiences since the beginning of their career.

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Concert Review: The Innovative Organist Cameron Carpenter — Shaping Music in Surprising Ways

March 9, 2015
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Kudos to the Celebrity Series for bringing this interesting and innovative young musician to Boston and kudos to Cameron Carpenter for such a fascinating few hours.

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Music Preview: Saxophonist Grace Kelly — On Jazz and Beyond

May 19, 2016
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“My hope is that in the near future the mainstream music pendulum will swing much more heavily towards giving jazz the attention it deserves.”

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Concert Review: Mezzo-Soprano Susan Graham — An Explosion of Love Songs

May 3, 2016
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A 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.

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Listening During Covid, Part 8: A Remarkable Black British Composer, an American Master, and an Award-Winning Salieri Premiere

January 23, 2022
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CD recordings keep bringing us unexpected treasures, including chamber works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Samuel Adler, and the (by turns) exquisite and powerful opera Armida by Mozart’s contemporary — who was not his murderer — Antonio Salieri.

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Film Review: “Encounter” — A Solid Genre-Spanner

December 17, 2021
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This “father and sons on the lam” film adeptly blends genres (in this case: sci-fi plus thriller). It is well assembled, emotionally compelling, and beautifully shot.

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Jazz Album Review: Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett — Together Again, Memorably

October 20, 2021
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Even if this is a commercial confection, it’s worth taking seriously because it is very likely to be Tony Bennett’s final album.

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Book Review: “We Uyghurs Have No Say” — When Truth Telling Becomes Subversive

March 12, 2022
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What do the words of an imprisoned Uyghur dissident tell us about the desperate plight of China’s ethnic minorities today?

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Opera Album Review: The Most Famous French Baroque Opera, Recorded at the Palace of Versailles

February 8, 2022
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Tenor Mathias Vidal shines, as does the period-instrument orchestra, in the rarely heard, trimmer version of 1761, on the Chateau’s own new award-winning label.

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