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Album review: Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld, Never were the way she wasBoston GlobeApril 28, 2015 Proclaimed "the Neil deGrasse Tyson of the avant-garde saxophone world" in a concert review by some wag who used to write for The New York Times, Colin Stetson has made a beautiful new record with his Arcade Fire colleague
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Jason Lescalleet, by Tim Bugbee "Lescalleet fosters community on CD and new concert series"Boston GlobeApril 14, 2015 The sixth episode in the continuing saga of Newer Music focuses on Jason Lescalleet, a performer whose work made an impression on me years ago and still does. I recall vividly instances of Lescalleet's visceral, almost violent approach
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Book review: Philip Glass, 'Words Without Music'Boston GlobeApril 12, 2015 Scanning the many reviews of Philip Glass's new memoir since I filed my own report last week, I think it's safe to say that we're mostly all on the same page, so to speak: charmed by Glass's early history, less than overwhelmed by his travel
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The Nile Project, by Kayana Szymczak for the Boston Globe The Nile Project at Tsai Performance Center, March 27, 2015Boston GlobeMarch 30, 2015 I'm reasonably sure that I didn't use the word fad when I filed this review, since that term doesn't accurately portray my feelings about artistic and cultural fusion, which can be a
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"A Winged Victory for the Sullen celebrates serendipity"Boston GlobeMarch 21, 2015 The fifth installment of my monthly Newer Music column is out today, and covers the ambient cum post-classical chamber music duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen: Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie, from Stars of the Lid, and Dustin O'Halloran, of Devics. The duo and their
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Joanna Wallfisch and Dan Tepfer, by Josh Goleman "Wallfisch, Tepfer learn to collaborate on CD and onstage"Boston GlobeMarch 13, 2015 Singer Joanna Wallfisch, who describes herself as having been a "bad student," learns to slow down and pay closer attention to the art she creates. Pianist Dan Tepfer, a self-proclaimed nerd engaged by virtuosity in
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Cameron Carpenter, by Sean Proctor/Boston Globe Cameron Carpenter at Sanders Theatre, March 5, 2015Boston GlobeMarch 9, 2015
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Isabel Mundry and Raphaël Cendo ECCE Ensemble at Goethe-Institut Boston, December 6, 2014Boston GlobeDecember 8, 2014 ECCE Ensemble's next public concert program will be a portrait of Mark Andre, a French composer based in Germany and a student of Gérard Grisey and Helmut Lachenmann, among others (and not to be mistaken for Marc-André Dalbavie). Bostonians
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Bob Dylan and His Band, Orpheum Theatre, November 14, 2014Boston Globe, November 16, 2014 "You were off base with your review. He was horrible. I couldn't understand any of his lyrics or the songs he was seeing. It was an awful show and I wouldn't ever go back to see him. The band sounded beautiful
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Boston Landmarks Orchestra at Church of the Covenant, August 13, 2014Boston GlobeAugust 16, 2014 Most orchestras don't need any particular excuse to drop a piece as popular as Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World") into a concert program. Still, it's eminently possible to present the piece in an original and edifying context –
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Album review: Buzz Osborne, 'This Machine Kills Artists'Boston GlobeJuly 8, 2014
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Steve Howe, left, with Yes, by Rob Shanahan "Yes forges ahead with classic albums and new music"The Boston Globe, July 7, 2014 My second Boston Globe byline, and a treat I couldn't resist giving myself, having seen Yes five times since 2004 – the last tour to date with vocalist Jon Anderson and keyboardist Rick
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James Maddalena, Michael Chioldi and David Kravitz, by Kathy Wittman Odyssey Opera June Festival at Boston University Theatre, June 11 & 12, 2014The Boston Globe, June 19, 2014 My first review for the Boston Globe covers the first two nights of a four-night festival by Odyssey Opera, a new company arisen from the demise of
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Apologies for the long, long silent stretch. Needless to say, a lot has happened since the last post, yet there's been precious little time to put fingers to keys for an update. Getting up to speed with new routines, technologies and terminologies at the Boston Globe has been a full-time occupation. And that's not to
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[I intended to post this here on Monday, but the DDoS hacker attack on Typepad put paid to that notion, so I posted this on Facebook. Here it is, in case you missed it before now.—Steve] A new baby…a new work status…and now, a new job. What started with a simple email I received a
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