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Concert Preview: Don Was Brings Pan-Detroit Groove to Cambridge and Groton

October 8, 2026
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The Blue Note Records president, producer, and bassist leads his Pan-Detroit Ensemble through original material and a freewheeling tribute to the Grateful Dead’s Blues for Allah at the Sinclair and Groton Hill Music Center.

Concert Preview/Interview: John Lodge of the Moody Blues on Reprising “Days of Future Passed”

February 11, 2023
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“I love music, I play every day,” John Lodge says. “I don’t want to let the audience down or myself or the members of my band. They give me 150% every night so I have to be physically and mentally right for them.”

December Short Fuses — Materia Critica

December 3, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

CD Review: Have Mercy’s “Make the Best of It” – Best Isn’t Good Enough

May 14, 2017
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Acclaimed emo band Have Mercy doesn’t deliver much that’s new on their latest LP.

Book Feature: The Decibel Diaries — A Journey Through Rock in 50 Concerts

April 8, 2017
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A journal that is part travelogue, part music history, and part meditation on the evolution of our culture through the often-bloodshot eyes of one man.

CD Review: American Football’s “American Football (LP2)”

October 31, 2016
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American Football’s new album would be a fine effort for anyone but American Football.

Book Review: “Anatomy of a Song” — An Oral History of Pop Music

October 28, 2016
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There is no doubt that Marc Myers is doing noble work — if only Anatomy of a Song was more exciting to read.

Book Review: “Real Life Rock”— Decades of Quick Hits from Critic Greil Marcus

October 26, 2015
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If Real Life Rock‘s page count seems daunting, fear not. There isn’t an entry you’ll want to skip.

Film Interview: Director James D. Cooper on “Lambert & Stamp” — Creating The Who

May 2, 2015
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Lambert & Stamp will resonate with musicians who have experienced the volatile give-and-take that is needed to sustain and nurture a rock and roll band.

DVD/Blu-Ray Review: “A Hard Day’s Night” — Still Fun After Five Decades

July 28, 2014
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A Hard Day’s Night stands as a landmark in rock history because it exemplifies the Beatles’s joyously innocent starting point — today it delivers an irresistible sonic joy that comes from listening to songs that still rock after fifty years.

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