Performance Draws Talent to the Yard

Singer-songwriter Jean Gauthier broke out her guitar last Friday afternoon to perform for lunching faculty, grad students, and passers-by seated in the colorful assembly of chairs in front of Lehman Hall.

Sharon Van Etten Bares Her Broken Heart

Van Etten bares her soul to her audience, giving herself nowhere to hide as she shares these intensely personal experiences through her deceptively calming songs.

Nothing New on ‘The Other Side of Down’

“The Other Side of Down” is unoriginal, over-produced, too slow to be dancy and too fast to be sentimental, and the lyrics barely speak to anything.

‘Last Chants’ from the 1980s

Apache Beat draw huge amounts of inspiration from the city of New York, but by exploring too much of their city’s musical history, they have failed to say anything original.

Kaz

Kazemde George saxophone player, composer, and member of the band love exchange.

Kazemde George is a saxophone player, composer, and member of the band Love Exchange.

Levine Reclaims Symphony Hall Stage

This past Saturday, the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) commenced its 130th season with an all-Wagner program of symphonic overtures and ...

At the End of the Shining Path

Wildly experimental, their music synthesized—through entropy, violence, parody, and a half-ironic sense of the divine.

‘Lonely Avenue,’ Crowded With Talents

“Lonely Avenue” is exactly what anyone would expect from a collaborative work involving Ben Folds and Nick Hornby – cerebral, melancholy, and musically adventurous.

Young Returns to Relevance With ‘Le Noise’

Young takes a more reserved, stripped-down approach on “Le Noise,” distilling the full-band noise-making machine that was Crazy Horse down to its most essential components.

‘Halcyon Digest’ Revels in Unpredictability

The end product—while admittedly not their finest record to date—ultimately benefits from reveling its own unpredictability and inconsistencies.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra opened its 130th season with Maestro James Levine back at its helm. The BSO performed an all-Wagner program, featuring solos by singer Bryn Terfel.

Davis Sweet and John Hicks play Hawaiian favorites at the Ukulele Top Ten Countdown Concert on Saturday evening at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.

Boston Conservatory Orchestra at Sanders

Bruce Hangen conducts the Boston Conservatory Orchestra in a performance of Debussy’s “Iberia” in Sanders Theater, Memorial Hall on Sunday afternoon.

Boston Conservatory Orchestra at Sanders

Bruce Hangen conducts the Boston Conservatory Orchestra in a performance of Debussy’s “Iberia” in Sanders Theater, Memorial Hall on Sunday afternoon.

Today in Photos (10/04/10)

A collection of photos published in the October 4, 2010 edition of the Harvard Crimson.