Reviews: an anthology of UK power pop, plus Christian Parker, Ted Russell Kamp, and reggae from 1974.
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Concert Review: American Symphony Orchestra – Arnold Schoenberg, ‘Gurre-Lieder’ (22 March 2024, NYC)
The Bard Festival Chorale and soloists joined Leon Botstein and the ASO for Schoenberg's massively orchestrated, rarely heard cantata.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2024: Tuesday, March 12 (Austin, TX)
Vulva Voce and Lottery Winners were among the highlights on the second night of SXSW Music Festival 2024 in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, March 12.
Read More »Music & Film Reviews: Dion’s ‘Girl Friends’ and the Rolling Stones ‘Live at the Wiltern,’ plus John Smith and Doris Troy
Dion duets with female artists on a new album proving that he can still make great music well into his 80s.
Read More »Concert Review: “From My Life” – Chamber Music of Dvořák, Beethoven, Smetana with Alexander Sitkovetsky, Wu Qian, Nicholas Canellakis
What's happening in composers' lives often reverberates in the music they produce. The Asepct Chamber Music Series explored this at a revealing concert.
Read More »Music Reviews: Tom Rush – ‘Gardens Old, Flowers New,’ plus the Little Girls, Eddie Bond, and Freddie Scott
Reviews: Influential folkie Tom Rush, plus the Little Girls, Eddie Bond, and Freddie Scott.
Read More »Music Reviews: The Who’s ‘Live at Shea Stadium,’ plus Rockabilly Anthologies and Albums from Johnny Adams and Tyrone Cotton
Music Reviews: a 1982 Who concert plus two rockabilly anthologies, R&B singer Johnny Adams, and Tyrone Cotton's debut.
Read More »Music Review: The Coal Men – ‘Everett’
What The Coal Men have that not many amplified Americana bands do is gripping songwriting that makes their dark sound grab hold and sink in.
Read More »Music Reviews: ‘The JFK Inauguration: US Top 100 20th January 1961,’ plus Mike Zito, Vanessa Peters, and Lance Cowan
A fascinating new anthology collects music from the week when President John F. Kennedy took office, featuring most of the songs that made Billboard’s chart that week.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): The Gesualdo Six Turn Grief Inside Out with ‘Lux Aeterna’
The British a cappella sextet sang baroque and contemporary music that touched on death and grieving but also love and redemption.
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