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Reviews of the effusive latest Chip Taylor CD, plus jazz greats Chet Baker, Sun Ra, and Art Tatum, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Crow and Gazelle.

Riverside Choral Society sang music of John Luther Adams and Alberto Grau and the New York premiere of 'The End of Rain' by Scott Ordway, an impassioned response to the California wildfires.

Steve Conte's 'Concrete Jangle,' with an assist from Andy Partridge, is pure listening pleasure that can't help but bring a smile to your face and a thought to your brain.

The French ensemble played a muscular concert of Piano Trios by Schumann and Ravel, along with Liszt's weird and wily "Tristia – La Vallée d'Obermann" and an invigorating encore by Lili Boulanger.

The Doors' 'Live at the Matrix, 1967' captures the then-little-known group as it experimented with early versions of the material that would soon bring it fame.

What might seem a strange composer pairing proves, in Asal's thoughtful conception, to sound most natural.

Reviews: Live albums from Willie Nile and New RIders of the Purple Sage, plus Ann Savoy, Stephen Bluhm, Stateon Family, and Misner & Smith.

We may be avoiding calling it "Gypsy music" now, but its spirited influence on both Brahms and Liszt is unmistakeable.

Michael Stephen Brown and Adam Golka perform music by Mozart for piano four hands and for two pianos at the Aspect Chamber Music Series.

The new album from the Wandering Hearts features upbeat, radio-friendly melodies and evokes 1960s and 1970s work by acts such as Fleetwood Mac, Simon and Garfunkel, and the Mamas and the Papas.