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Music Reviews: Kinky Friedman’s ‘Poet of Motel 6,’ plus Chris Walz
Music Reviews: The final album from the idiosyncratic Kinky Friedman, who died lat year, is a moving affair. Also, folkie Chris Walz makes an auspicious debut.
Read More »Concert Review: An All-Beethoven Program from Modus Operandi Orchestra, Pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine
Maestro Justin Bischof went with tried-and-true classics, and in their hands, bows, and embouchures Beethoven seemed to spring to life.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Marin Alsop and the New York Philharmonic Premiere Nico Muhly Violin Concerto
Nico Muhly's new Violin Concerto struck a sweet balance between experimental and accessible in a performance featuring violinist Renaud Capuçon.
Read More »Music Review: Supertramp – ‘Live in Paris ’79’
This set will be a deep journey into nostalgia for Supertramp fans who were of impressionable age during the band's 1970s heyday.
Read More »Music Review: ‘Good to Know: The Beckies Story,’ Featuring the Left Banke’s Michael Brown
Review: an expanded reissue of the Beckies' only album, featuring Michael Brown of the Left Banke.
Read More »Concert Review: The Dessoff Choirs – ‘Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight’ by Florence Price, plus Brahms, the Schumanns and More
Price's setting displays chordal majesty worthy of Handel; I felt I could sense the composer pouring all her power into the music.
Read More »Music Reviews: Standout Blues Albums from Mark Muleman Massey and Tommy Castro & the Painkillers
Reviews of blues albums from Mark Muleman Massey and Tommy Castro.
Read More »Music Reviews: The Tasty Kings’ ‘Native Tongue,’ plus Dave Murphy and Massy Ferguson
Reviews: the Tasty Kings' obscure but excellent 'Native Tongue,' plus Dave Murphy and Massy Ferguson.
Read More »Music Review: ‘The Korngold Symphony’
A new release pairs a historic recording of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's only symphony with a treasure from the family vaults: a performance by the composer of his piano transcription.
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