Music
Goulding Shows Maturation on Sophomore Release
Though “Halcyon” at times suffers from overly thick production, it maintains the catchiness of “Lights” while also evidencing Goulding’s artistic maturation.
Key Change in Harvard Square
When Dan Aykroyd of The Blues Brothers and Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, were looking for a location to open a music venue in the early 1990s, Harvard Square was an obvious first choice.
BSO Daring, Dexterous, and Dynamic
If Felix Mendelssohn was the genre-defining master of Romanticism, Dmitri Shostakovich was the master of disguising acerbic expressions against the ...
Zoe Keating's Ambitious, Eclectic Journey
Keating calls herself a shy person, but to leave it at that would be to ignore a more intriguing truth: she’s a woman of contradictions.
Ty Segall Sticks to Formula Amidst Roaring Guitars
There is nothing original about the whiny guitars and furious cymbal crashes, but the talented Segall makes up for it with raw energy and simple, infectious songwriting.
Townshend Talks Postwar Lyricism
The Who's guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend traced his epic lyricism back to his postwar upbringing in a discussion—followed by a brief performance—at the Berklee Performance Center.
Natasha Khan Strips Down Sound on Intimate Triumph
The final product is at once her most pop and her most personal, a disc that infects with danceable, if sometimes repetitive rhythms and striking sincerity.
