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Zac Brown Band, by Josh Reynolds for the Boston Globe The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, Aug. 18, 2016 ZAC BROWN BAND Though their flag is nominally planted in the country-music world, Brown and his Atlanta cohorts are seasoned hands at reaching across the aisles to invite poptimists, jam-bandsters, and rockers into their party. Saturday’s…
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Carlos Santana & Cindy Blackman Santana – "The Star-Spangled Banner" (YouTube) Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 3 in F – Houston Symphony/Leopold Stokowski (Everest) Herbie Hancock/Wayne Shorter – 1+1 (Verve) Marcus Miller – Tutu Revisited – Live at Leverkusen 2009 (YouTube) Carlos Santana/John McLaughlin – Love Devotion Surrender (Columbia) Miles Davis – We Want Miles…
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X The ticket: Pop musicSunday, Aug. 14, 2016 X Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake: Now and always, this simply is one of the very best bands that American music has ever produced, punk or otherwise. The group’s latest trek — “Re-Zoomed,” so called because of guitarist Billy’s recovery from a cancer…
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With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. – T.S. Eliot, from "Little Gidding" (Four Quartets)
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EPMD, by Simon Abrams The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, Aug. 11, 2016 EPMD The influential hip-hop duo of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith is back in business again, celebrating its 30th anniversary with a road trip focused on its classic 1988 debut LP, “Strictly Business.” Aug. 13, 8 p.m. $25, advance $22. Middle East,…
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Keith Rowe/Günter Müller/Taku Sugimoto – The World Turned Upside Down (Erstwhile) dogs in english porcelain by vanessa rossetto Vanessa Rossetto – dogs in english porcelain (Music Appreciation) mineral orange by vanessa rossetto Vanessa Rossetto – Mineral Orange (Kye) exotic exit by vanessa rossetto Vanessa Rossetto – Exotic Exit (Kye) "Adult Contemporary" C-40 (NRR30) by Vanessa…
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Yes – Millersville University, Millersville, PA, Feb. 28, 1984 (audience recording, unknown origin) Yes – Celeste Center, Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH, July 27, 2016 (audience recording, unknown origin) Yes – Boston Garden, Boston, MA, Sept. 9, 1980 (audience recording, unknown origin) Yes – Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, FL, April 9, 1991 (audience recording, unknown…
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Drake, by Scott Legato/FilmMagic The ticket: Pop & rockSunday, Aug. 7, 2016 THE GO-GO’S The band fondly tagged during its heyday as “America’s sweethearts” is calling this a farewell tour — which doesn’t mean you’ll never see the group again, but does suggest chances will be few and far between. Aug. 8, 7 p.m. $35-$45.…
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Pearl Jam, by Chad Batka/The New York Times The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, Aug. 4, 2016 PEARL JAM Big hits, deep cuts, surprise guests (Cheap Trick! Sting! Jack White!) — no wonder the current trek by this seasoned Seattle group has been acclaimed far and wide as one of the year’s top tours. Officially…
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Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine (Epic) Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Def Jam) Opeth – Ghost Reveries (Roadrunner) Jane Ira Bloom – Early Americans (Outline) Yes – Yessongs (Atlantic) An Air Swept Clean of All Distance by Rhodri Davies Rhodri Davies – An…
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Bryan Ferry, by Zak Hussein/Getty Images The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 31, 2016 BRYAN FERRY The suave English gentleman vocalist is touring with a crack band that includes longtime guitar associate Neil Hubbard, and playing a set list that ranges from the first Roxy Music album to his latest solo LP, 2014’s “Avonmore” along with…
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Dead & Company – Fenway Park, Boston, MA, July 15, 2016 (Archive.org) La Barranca – Fatalis (Fonarte Latino) Steven Wilson – Insurgentes (Kscope) Opeth – Sorceress (Moderbolget/Nuclear Blast; due Sept. 30) Orchid by Opeth Opeth – Orchid (Candlelight) Artificial Organ by Kevin Drumm Kevin Drumm – Artificial Organ (Bandcamp) Kevin Drumm – Artificial Organ (WHAT??…
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Garbage The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 28, 2016 GARBAGE Having celebrated their 20th anniversary on tour last fall, Shirley Manson & Co. return to town in support of a strong, dark new album, “Strange Little Birds,” with Kristin Kontrol (Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls) in support. July 28, 8 p.m. $45, $55.…
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Super Furry Animals The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 24, 2016 HEART + JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS + CHEAP TRICK They’re calling this trifecta “Rock Hall Three for All,” a play on the Hall of Fame status each band has secured. Heart and Cheap Trick have solid new records, but you’re guaranteed to hear all…
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Chris Squire & Billy Sherwood – Conspiracy Live (Cleopatra) Hamasyan/Henriksen/Aarset/Bang – Atmosphères (ECM) Robert Fripp – Society for Ethical Culture, New York, NY, June 23, 2005 (DGMLive) Squackett – A Life Within a Day (Esoteric Antenna) Blood Orange – Freetown Sound (Domino) Elliott Carter – Duo for violin and piano; Roger Sessions – Sonata for…
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The Julie Ruin, by Shervin Lainez The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 21, 2016 HEART + JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS + CHEAP TRICK They’re calling this trifecta “Rock Hall Three for All,” a play on the Hall of Fame status each band has secured. Heart and Cheap Trick have solid new records, but…
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William Schuman – American Festival Overture – Los Angeles Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (Deutsche Grammophon) Walter Piston – Violin Concerto No. 1 – Miranda Cuckson, American Symphony Orchestra/Leon Botstein (American Symphony Orchestra) Walter Piston – Symphony No. 2 – Boston Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (Deutsche Grammophon) Peter Mennin – Symphony No. 5 – Albany Symphony Orchestra/David Alan…
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Paul McCartney, by Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 17, 2016 PAUL McCARTNEY Three years after his last jaw-dropping performance at Fenway, Sir Paul’s back to please the masses again this weekend. A glance at Setlist.fm suggests he’s playing a bushel of songs he didn’t get around to last time, while also hitting…
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Dead & Company – Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, June 12, 2016 (YouTube) Central Palace Music by Catherine Christer Hennix Catherine Christer Hennix – Central Palace Music (Important)> 100 Model Subjects for Hegikan Roku – The Deontic Miracle Live At Issue Project Room by Catherine Christer Hennix Catherine Christer Hennix – Live at Issue Project…
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Luke Bryan, by Matthew J. Lee/Boston Globe The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 14, 2016 LUKE BRYAN The pop-country superstar shrugged off his spring break fixation with last year’s “Kill the Lights,” but that doesn’t mean he’s not all about a good time. His Saturday night show has been sold out for ages, but…
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