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Concert Review: Boston Landmarks Orchestra Explores Revolutions in Sound

August 25, 2025
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By Aaron Keebaugh The point was made: this was not merely a revolt, but a revolution in sound. “It is a big revolt,” King Louis XVI exclaimed after the fall of the Bastille in 1789. “No Sir,” answered François de la Rochefoucauld, “a big revolution.” The events that followed shook France to its very foundations…

Concert Review: Air’s Electro-Pop — In a Subdued Mood

October 18, 2024
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Most of the night’s visually tilted action took place within a tightly framed stage that made the presentation seem somewhat detached.

Jazz Review: Vocal Chameleon Theo Bleckmann Sings Kate Bush

June 24, 2012
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A critically acclaimed player in the New York avant-garde scene, Theo Bleckmann is clearly a Kate Bush connoisseur, and his commentary on her work was as compelling as the performances

Concert Review: Tanglewood Throws A Birthday Bash — John Williams Turns 80

August 22, 2012
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Composer John Williams has often stated that Tanglewood has been among his favorite places to visit — and the feeling is mutual.

Film Review: “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead”—The Rise and Fall of the National Lampoon

October 12, 2015
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is mostly a straight-ahead telling of the vivid life of the National Lampoon.

Film Review: “Nightcrawler” — A Dark Parody of Getting Ahead

October 31, 2014
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Nightcrawler is a vicious satire of the high stakes required to survive in an American free enterprise system where losers are kicked to the curb and winners take all.

Jazz CD Review: Wadada Leo Smith’s “Rosa Parks: Pure Love” — Making History Present

February 18, 2019
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Rosa Parks: Pure Love is a serious, substantial, and long work, alternately harsh and calming, one that I am sure should be seen as well as heard.

Album Review: Tame Impala’s “The Slow Rush” — Inspired by the Passage of Time

March 13, 2020
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At its best, The Slow Rush features catchy, energetic, and danceable tracks at the service of lyrical ruminations on dark topics, such as uncertainty and the inevitable passage of time.

Theater Review: Women Rule at Canada’s Stratford Festival

September 10, 2013
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While luminary thespians and film stars such as Brian Dennehy and Christopher Plummer have trod the Stratford Festival boards, let me sing the praises of two actresses: Martha Henry and Michelle Giroux.

Jazz Concert Review: BANN’s Likely Stories

February 4, 2011
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There’s something special going on among the four musicians in BANN that is very promising—something that makes me want to see the band live. I hope one of our local bookers picks up on them soon, so I don’t have to go to New York City to do so. As You Like by BANN [Seamus…

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