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The healing continues, Aerosmith sets summer tour
After a successful run through South America and...
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The Pops swing with Brubeck
With his signature fusion of West Coast jazz optimism and classical influences, Dave Brubeck makes a perfect guest for the Pops.
- Classical Notes French composer has a fan, and friend, at Harvard
- Classical Notes Hailing the 54th with monumental works
- Concert REVIEW BMOP's feast of new music
- Concert review At Pops, patriotism and a salute to Kennedys
- Classical Notes Stephen Lord to be artistic director of the opera studies program at NEC
- concert REVIEW Cantata Singers cap season with ‘Swan Song’
- concert REVIEW Back Bay Chorale affirms grandeur of Bach’s B-minor Mass
- Classical Notes Concord Women's Chorus marks a happy milestones
- concert REVIEW East and West connect in Camerata’s season closer
- concert REVIEW Maniaci, with Boston Baroque, escalates to Mozart’s demands
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Kids have a bounty of choices for fun during school vacation and beyond. From toddlers to teens, here's something for everyone.
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Headed out to see a concert? You'll find plenty of options for hanging out or grabbing pre-or-post show eats and drinks in the North Station area.
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Brooklyn duo in sonic overdrive
"Treats," the debut album by Sleigh Bells, is preposterously easy to describe: It’s the sound of M.I.A. fronting the Ting Tings.
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Summer arts preview 2010
Our critics look at what's hot in classical, pop, folk, and world music, as well as dance, theater, and art.
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Grammy Awards
Beyonce may have won six awards, but Taylor Swift (above) took the top honor with her win for album of the year.
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A wide spectrum of folk
The lineup at the Boston Music Festival spans genres and generations, from '60s superstar John Sebastian to hot young Canadian folk-popsters Dala (above).
Concert review
Sold-out crowd salutes the National's anthems
The House of Blues show had a winning combination of earnestness, outrageousness, and good humor that flowed from the group's hour-and-45-minute set.
Concert review
Fans salute the return of the Kings of Convenience
Their sold-out Paradise show was proof that the most moving music sometimes needs little more than just two guitars and two voices tangled in lush harmony.
After years away, Watts plugs back in
For a cool band like Watts to come back — reconfigured, revamped, and re-amped — and then prove to be arguably even better than the first time around? That's a rarity indeed.
Not-so-odd couple
As Broken Bells, James Mercer of the Shins and Brian Burton (a.k.a. Danger Mouse) of Gnarls Barkley, have made one of 2010's most cohesive pop records.
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iPod Shuffle with Rich Gotham
What do they listen to in the Celtics’ front office? Team president Rich Gotham gives us a sneak peek.
Concert review
Bingham still riding high
During a sold-out show at T.T. the Bear's, Ryan Bingham and his Dead Horses met the hype head-on, with a hail of slide guitars and stomping, rough-and-tumble songs about open roads and closing doors.
Indie rockers plumb the depths of neoblues
Jack White (on drums with Dead Weather) and Dan Auerbach are part and parcel of modern indie rock, but they come on strong like neoblues rockers on their bands' respective new albums.
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Sharon Jones shakes it up with her groove-filled timeless soul
Even as pop music becomes sleeker and more digitized, artists pop up occasionally to remind us why some sounds have been deemed timeless.
Singing about sports or life, he has a ball
Singer-songwriter Howie Newman, a former sportswriter, has had two CDs accepted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame Archive.
David Johnston is enjoying the moment
He's respected on the local music scene. Now David Johnston is enjoying some wider attention thanks to Peter Wolf.
Concert review
Wolf looks back in stories and songs
Peter Wolf played a nearly sold-out show at the Wilbur Theatre Tuesday night.
Concert review
KISS Concert is a pop-driven party in 18 acts
Ke$ha (left), Adam Lambert, and Danny O'Donoghue of the Script were among the featured acts at this year's KISS Concert on Saturday at the Comcast Center.
Rock on, Comcast Center
The 25th anniversary season of Comcast Center opened Friday night. Artists like Jimmy Buffett and Tom Petty have been going since the very beginning. So has Globe music critic Sarah Rodman.
Band drops pretensions and just rocks
A throwback to groups like Thin Lizzy and Cheap Trick, Free Energy concocts the sort of hummable, stomping guitar-rock that used to beam out of Camaro speakers back in 1975.
More from the Globe
- Culture Desk Politically charged rock; an actress's protest; fee-free summer concerts
- Things to do Patty Griffin at House of Blues Sunday
- Things to do Musica Nuova presents ‘Sibling Rivalry’ in Cambridge
- Things to do Mystic Chorale celebrates 20th year
- Mark Malkovich; brought new music talent to Newport
- Things to do Basia comes to the Wilbur
- Things to do Erykah Badu comes to the Orpheum
- BOOK REVIEW Christine Lavin’s memoir makes for a true folk tale
- Things to do Long Time Courting to perform in Somerville
- TOMORROW Harpoon Summer Session at the Harpoon Brewery
Music newswire
- Laurie Anderson performs Opera House dog concert (AP, 1:01 a.m.)
- Sheryl Crow adopts a second baby boy, Levi James (AP, 6/4/10)
- Cuba's ageless diva Juana Bacallao croons past 80 (AP, 6/4/10)
- Apple conference likely to yield new iPhone (AP, 6/4/10)
- Berlin's Staatsoper sells off seating (AP, 6/4/10)
- Review: U2's latest concert epic and familiar (AP, 6/4/10)
- Former soldiers in 4Troops recount close calls (AP, 6/4/10)
- Lee DeWyze to sing anthem at Game 2 of NBA Finals (AP, 6/4/10)
- Taio Cruz proudly wears pop label (AP, 6/4/10)
- At MTV award shows, party matters more than prizes (AP, 6/4/10)
- Warner makes artists available for `Tap Tap' game (AP, 6/4/10)
- Bret Michaels back on the road (AP, 6/4/10)
- Celebrities honor Ricky Martin at amfAR gala in NY (AP, 6/4/10)
- Celebrities honor Ricky Martin at amfAR gala in NY (AP, 6/3/10)
- Top 20 Concert Tours (AP, 6/3/10)
- CMA Awards show set for Nov. 10 (AP, 6/3/10)
- 'Phantom' now available to high schools, colleges (AP, 6/3/10)
- Mary Chapin Carpenter back after 2007 health scare (AP, 6/3/10)
- Tenn. may honor Isaac Hayes with section of I-40 (AP, 6/3/10)
- Rock band claims Paul violated music copyright (AP, 6/3/10)