The Kills have never been one for musical stagnation. The duo, a collaboration between British guitarist Jamie Hince and vocalist Alison Mosshart, of newfound Dead Weather fame, have always used new albums as an avenue to push the boundaries of their musical repertoire. Read more...
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For almost every band, the second full-length album is a time of reckoning. As a general rule, the fact that the band is releasing a second album indicates that there was something, some quality, in the previous release that attracted fans. Read more...
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His hands flying from left to right, fingers constantly moving, Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii won the gold medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition with his performances of Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Read more...
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Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii will be performing with the Takács Quartet at Royce Hall on Sunday. Tsujii was born blind and is world-renowned for his music.
There is something profoundly sad-sounding about "The King of Limbs," as if the band recorded the album while trapped in a remote fortress made of ice and snow. Read more...
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Anxious longtime fans of Peter Bjorn and John can breathe a sigh of relief. When the band released "Writer's Block," the album's joyful music, complete with whistling and clapping, attracted large numbers of fans to the band's ranks. Read more...
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Though the cliche is a tired one, a picture is worth a thousand words. With a furrowed brow, Louis Armstrong leans back with his trumpet, his cheeks filled with air. Read more...
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“Jam Session: America’s Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World,” an exhibition on display at the Fowler Museum, features photographs of jazz legends traveling around the world. Count Basie, pictured above, rehearses the popular Burmese song, “Emerald Dusk,” in Rangoon, Burma in 1971.
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Well, whoever writes the lyrics for Noah and the Whale is clearly over his break-up. With its last album, "The First Days of Spring," Noah and the Whale took listeners for a trip through what could only be described as one of the most epic and earth shattering break-ups of all time. Read more...
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