Live review: Bon Jovi at the Honda Center

Live review: Bon Jovi at the Honda Center

The band presented itself as an avatar of progressive politics.

Live review: Dirty Projectors at Disney Hall

Band leader David Longstreth, one presumes, has long since grown used to playing in front of the type of crowd that views a concert as an excellent...

Train, back on the tracks

The San Francisco rock band sits at a peculiar juncture in pop music.

Shooter Jennings and Stephen King team for 'Black Ribbons'

The maverick musician and horror writer channel late-night AM voices into a concept album.

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John Dankworth dies at 82; British jazz musician

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