“Today, I looked in the mirror, and I caught me by surprise. The man I saw lookin’ back at me, I almost didn’t recognize."
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I Shall Be Released: Chuck Berry, Jo Dee Messina, Pussy Riot, Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck, and Dinnerstein Plays Glass
"While the world is waiting for the UFC Freedom 250 on June 14 at the White House, I challenge President Putin to a cage match," says Pussy Riot.
Read More »Music Reviews: Lovin’ Spoonful’s Complete Recordings, plus Joey Quinones and JP Soars with Anne Harris
The band continually reinvented itself, serving up hits that each seemed quite unlike the one that came before.
Read More »Concert Review: Soprano Liv Redpath and Pianist Harry Rylance – Chansons of Love
Redpath's wonderful control of shifts in mood and register charmed and impressed in French chansons by Poulenc, Debussy, Fauré and Messaien.
Read More »Music Reviews: Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights,’ plus Teddy Thompson and Crow and Gazelle
To mark the original album’s 60th anniversary, the Beach Boys have released 'The Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights' as a two-CD set and in multiple vinyl versions.
Read More »Music Reviews: Gwendoline Blondeel and Quito Gato with ‘Amor Eterno’; ORA Singers, ‘Songs of Angels’
French soprano Gwendoline Blondeel's incandescent voice embodies warmth as well as reserve, excitement but also resignation – emotions across the gamut.
Read More »Music Reviews: Abigail Lapell Sings Her Way to Motherhood, plus a Rockabilly Anthology
On the new 'Shadow Child' Lapell turns entirely inward for a soft-spoken standout about her journey to motherhood.
Read More »Concert Review: Gustavo Dudamel Conducts the New York Philharmonic and Chorus in Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’ and NY Premiere of ‘Earth Between Oceans’ by Ellen Reid
Despite the presence of Stravinsky's 'Firebird,' it was a large new work by Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Reid that proved the program's creative centerpiece.
Read More »Concert Review: ‘Strings for Peace’ with Amjad Ali Khan and Sharon Isbin
The maestro of the Indian sarod and the Grammy-winning classical guitarist interlocked sound and spirit of East and West in their collaborations' NYC debut.
Read More »Music Reviews: Dale Watson Envisions a Party with Willie, Waylon, and Whiskey
Reviewed: "Unwanted," the latest from outlaw country singer Dale Watson, and "Wake," a new CD from the multitalented Dirk Powell.
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