Composer George Crumb seems to reside in a world of specters, a world apart from the material, even a world away from Earth. A quick glance at the titles of works composed over more than five decades - “Black Angels,’’ “A Haunted Landscape,’’... |
How ironic - Steely Dan is on a four-city tour delivering front-to-back live performances of albums that to this day stand as the rock era’s quintessential studio spawn: impossibly clean, obsessively calculated, meticulously crafted. Oh yeah, they’re also brilliant. Say what you will about Steely Dan’s extreme... |
Sting once confessed to Tower of Power founder, Emilio Castillo, that he had a “Tower of Power clone band’’ before he formed the Police. The jazzy funk band has a new album, “The Great American Soulbook,’’ a collection of soul covers and groovy guest singers including Huey Lewis, Sam... |
Imagine telling your 10-year-old buddies that you can’t go to camp with them because you’re on tour with blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy . Before this summer, 10-year-old Quinn Sullivan made guest appearances with Guy and B.B. King, hung out with the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, wrote songs, and recorded an... |
The four friends in Boston band Boys Like Girls credit fans for much of the musical growth they’ve experienced. The rock foursome’s frontman, Martin Johnson, has said that fans “are the most important thing to us,’’ so you’ll be greatly appreciated when BLG performs at the MTVu Sunblock... |
POP BEYONCÉ Sasha Fierce was too much for the Comcast Center to handle, so Mrs. Jay-Z makes her only New England appearance tonight in Connecticut. Bet on fancy dancing, multiple costume changes, and all the single ladies putting their hands up. 7:30 p.m. July 23. $95.75-$145.75. Mohegan Sun Arena. 800-745-3000. www.ticketmaster.com |