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Concert Review: Experiential Orchestra, Artefact Ensemble – Arvo Pärt...
A sound both ghostly and towering emerged from the rear of the tremendous house: The a cappella choir Artefact Ensemble had begun to sing. Led by Benedict Sheehan, the group performed a series of...
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Concert Review (NYC): The Knights – Music from and Inspired by the Weimar...
This year, a century since the Weimar Republic’s “golden years,” seems as good as any for Carnegie Hall’s concert series “Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice.” The Knights, the...
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SXSW 2024: The Science and Craft of Storytelling
Human beings tell stories. It’s what makes us different. Perhaps the best place to experience and learn about storytelling can be found on the verge of spring each year in Austin, Texas: the SXSW...
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Music Reviews: The Doors Live in Sweden in 1968, plus Gene Clark; Richard,...
Doors fans can’t go wrong by picking up Live At Konserthuset, Stockholm; September 20, 1968, a mesmerizing new two-CD or three-LP set. It documents the final night of a celebrated European tour, which...
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Music Reviews: Chip Taylor’s ‘Behind the Sky,’ plus Jazz Giants Chet Baker,...
“Write what you know,” goes the standard advice, and longtime singer/songwriter Chip Taylor has taken that suggestion to heart on his new album, Behind the Sky. He has done so even though what he...
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Music & Film Reviews: Graham Parker’s ‘Live at Rockpalast,’ Queen’s ‘Rock...
Graham Parker Concert DVDs Reissued with a Bonus English rocker Graham Parker’s Last Chance to Learn the Twist, which came out last year, was just the latest chapter in a distinguished career that has...
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Music Reviews: David Bowie’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star!’ plus Late Slip, Dorsey...
An Anthology Chronicles the Creation of David Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust’ LP A 2015 box set covering David Bowie’s early years included a remastered copy of his landmark 1972 album, The Rise and Fall of...
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The Wastelands In The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands Sarah Brooks has created both an exciting adventure story and a wonderful metaphor for so-called civilization’s attitude towards...
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Music Reviews: Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Asylum Albums (1976–1980),’ plus Little...
A Box Set Collects Four Notable Joni Mitchell Albums The third in a series of box sets of Joni Mitchell’s studio LPs includes four trailblazing LPs: Hejira, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, Mingus, and...
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Music Reviews: The Rascals’ ‘Complete Atlantic Recordings,’ Johnny Cash’s...
An Exhaustive Rascals Box Set Stevie Van Zandt heaped a ton of praise on the Rascals when he inducted them into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. If you think he was being hyperbolic, you...
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