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Nicole Atkins finds peace in her darkness

Fade to black
A lot seemed to go wrong for Atkins after Columbia Records released her classic-pop imbued debut Neptune City four years ago. The singer of the newly rechristened Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea watched everyone responsible for getting her signed to a coveted major label deal get fired within months.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | August 09, 2011

For richer, for poorer

Romanian polenta with sheep’s milk feta
Laura Coroi saw my “Immigrant Kitchens” poster at the YMCA and introduced herself.
By LINDSAY STERLING | April 08, 2010

Dire Strait

Strained relations in the Boston Turkish Film Festival
If the selections in this year's Boston Turkish Film Festival are any indication, nobody in that country lives happily ever after these days.
By PETER KEOUGH | March 25, 2009

DIY and more

Regattabar, Scullers, Creative Nation Music's fifth-anniversary celebration and more
Jazz acts up
By JON GARELICK | March 30, 2009

Clara Ramona at BU

Styles show
Boston-based Mavi Dance produced the performances of Clara Ramona's "Sangre flamenca en gira" ("Flamenco Blood on Tour") at the Boston University Dance Theater last weekend, but the international dance group offered only two numbers on the long program.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | January 26, 2009

2008 Listravaganza!

An absolute glut of cruelly reductive Top 10 lists from our dedicated staff of tirelessly enthusiastic writers
We are not at all sick of bands with animal names yet and seem to have a soft spot for Erykah Badu that we kept very hush about all year.
By BOSTON PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 31, 2008

Review: Fennesz - Black Sea

Touch
In the music of Christian Fennesz, there's a fine line between what's being done for you as a listener and what's being done to you.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | December 17, 2008

Georgia on your mind?

Why the Russians are acting like Soviets! And why it will be difficult to stop them!
So much for the Republican Party’s long-standing boast that Ronald Reagan neutered the Soviet Union.
By EDITORIAL | August 13, 2008

Heirloom Ukrainian recipes

Written in English for the first time
In a wind-bound seaside cottage rental where she’s been living this year, Sasha Prygoniuk, a 25-year old Ukrainian, has volunteered to teach me (and you) how to “kook,” (as she so charmingly pronounces it).
By LINDSAY STERLING | May 07, 2008

Crossword: ''Take a bow''

Four known for it
Four known for it
By MATT JONES | February 20, 2008

Raising the bar

Zox take it to the next level on Line in the Sand
This week, Zox releases its first album for premier indie label Side One Dummy, home to bands such as Flogging Molly and Bedouin Soundclash.
By BOB GULLA | January 16, 2008

The landmark Herodotus: The Histories edited by Robert B. Strassler, translated by Andrea L. Purvis

Pantheon | 1024 pages | $45
What do the late Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski and the fictional archeologist Count László de Almásy (played by Ralph Fiennes in the cinematic adaptation of The English Patient ) have in common?
By PETER KADZIS | December 03, 2007

Riddim science

DJ C and Area C
For more than a decade, Jake Trussell (a/k/a DJ C) was a central figure in Boston’s electronic-music underground.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | November 14, 2007

Crossword: ''Why the face?''

And why does it never change?
And why does it never change?
By MATT JONES | September 19, 2007

Sustainable sounds

Providence label Secret Eye thinks globally, acts locally
For every high-gloss record label driven primarily by commercial concerns, there are any number of smaller-scale labels putting beautiful sounds out into the ether.
By ANDREA FELDMAN | July 10, 2007

A life in music

Celebrating Ken Lyon's back pages
Why is that we install a stop light after an accident?
By BOB GULLA | April 10, 2007

Road shows

Dave Fiuczynski, John Tchicai, Chris Potter, and John Stetch live
“I’ve got $30 — which three CDs do you recommend?” The fan was at the corner of the stage at Johnny D’s talking to guitarist Dave Fiuczynski, who was on his knees hawking about half a dozen of his discs with different bands at 10 bucks a pop.
By JON GARELICK | February 15, 2007

Heard ’round here

15 reasons to be cheerful
There were lots of great records to choose from, so I decided not to limit the list to 10 selections.
By BOB GULLA | December 20, 2006

Strange magic

Black Forest/Black Sea’s bewitching vibe
The accolades and exotic extrapolations come in from all over the world, much like their sound, which combines worldly sources like Euro-folk music with eerie, electronic, and avant overtones.
By BOB GULLA | October 31, 2006