Music
BSO Plays Third and Fourth, Comes Out First
The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) performed Beethoven’s Third (“Eroica”) and Fourth Symphonies under James Levine on February 19 with an ...
SPOTLIGHT: Omara Portuondo
Omara Portuondo is a Cuban music and film superstar whose career has spanned over 60 years.
Shearwater
After appreciating the album cover, it is probably best to leave “The Golden Archipelago” alone, as it fails to achieve the quality of music necessary to back up such a powerful message.
Local Natives
On “Gorilla Manor,” Local Natives don’t present anything the audience hasn’t heard before. Instead, they encapsulate the current state of a genre that is characterized by its indefinable nature.
Daniel Merriweather
Merriweather’s work proves to be exactly what he was presumably trying to deliver: a collection of good-to-great soul-pop songs.
Shanghai Restoration
The Shanghai Restoration Project, a musical duo that combines Eastern sounds with hip-hop and electronica, performs in Sever Hall on Saturday.
Today in Photos (2/22/10)
Photos published in the Monday, February 22, 2010 edition of the Harvard Crimson.
Tindersticks
At a cursory glance, “Falling Down A Mountain,” the eighth LP from British group Tindersticks, seems to embody the helplessness its title evokes.
Lightspeed Champion
This variety makes Hynes’ newest album, “Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You,” difficult to classify. It is too emotionally charged to be relaxed, but too relaxed to be emotionally moving.
Field Music
Afraid of boxing themselves into an indie pop corner, Field Music has taken their new record as an opportunity to explore a wider range of style and sound.
Phantogram
“Eyelid Movies” is driven by simple, catchy parts—each enjoyable on its own terms—thoughtfully layered together to produce a truly impressive debut album.
Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour Hits All the Right Notes
Celebrity jazz concerts are often dreary affairs—museums of dusty music where real jazz goes to die.
Passion and Compassion
Artists are often perceived as reclusive, resentful of society, so adamant about their privacy that the public becomes all the ...