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The top 10 jazz events in town this fall

Starting with the Beantown Jazz Festival, ensembles large and small mix it up
As usual, there's too much to choose from. Here are some highlights.
By JON GARELICK | September 14, 2011

A local covers album that doesn't focus on the hits

Ambassador Beam
Hopefully, the awesomeness that was Beautiful Locals hasn't slipped from the Portland consciousness yet.
By SAM PFEIFLE | July 20, 2011

Musician + Author = Crap

Worst of Both Worlds
On Tuesday, musician Ben Folds (formerly of the Five) and rock-obsessed novelist Nick Hornby ( High Fidelity ) released a collaborative record called Lonely Avenue . The result of this musical-literary team-up isn't excruciating.
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | September 29, 2010

Choir power

Ladysmith Black Mambazo raise their voices
The Romantic notion of artistic merit is that one must plumb the depths of despair to emerge with great work — and that the finest triumphs are often born of the direst misery.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | February 02, 2010

Play by play: October 30, 2009

Plays around town
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | October 28, 2009

Play by play: October 23, 2009

Boston theater listings, October 23, 2009
Boston's weekly theater listings
By JEFFREY GANTZ | October 21, 2009

Play by play: October 16, 2009

This week's theater listings
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | October 14, 2009

Play by play: October 9, 2009

Theater listings
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | October 07, 2009

Play by Play: October 2, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | September 30, 2009

Ted's turn

Clinton caves on crime bill, but Kennedy can still salvage it
A little-known provision in the crime bill now being negotiated by a House-Senate conference committee would greatly expand the number of prison cells available to house violent criminals, and it wouldn't be cost a dime. But it may be doomed unless Senator Ted Kennedy is willing to spend some political capital.
By AL GIORDANO | August 26, 2009

Hail to the chief

The supreme Suttell. Plus, Newport news, and more on Michael.
Phillipe and Jorge are delighted to see that Paul Suttell, our pick for Chief Justice of the Vo Dilun Supreme Court, smoothly sailed through the General Assembly to assume that grand position.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | July 01, 2009

Roots of spring

Homegrown recordings from Boston and beyond
Homegrown recordings from Boston and beyond
By TED DROZDOWSKI | March 18, 2009

The Big Hurt: The year in not really giving a shit

Maybe next year, music
In the annals of American pop history, 2008 will surely go down as a year when our nation had more-important shit to worry about than music.
By DAVID THORPE | December 24, 2008

Still crazy after all these years

The Force is with Carrie Fisher in her one-woman show Wishful Drinking
Since Dorothy Parker died, in 1967, Carrie Fisher is probably the most hilarious screwed-up person alive.
By CAROLYN CLAY | October 22, 2008

David Byrne and Brian Eno

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | Self-Released
Everything That Happens is a brilliant addition to a creative partnership that has yielded so much and shouldn’t have taken 27 years to rekindle.
By MICHAEL PATRICK BRADY | August 26, 2008

Crossword: ''Hard body''

Seven parts of one
Seven parts of one
By MATT JONES | April 23, 2008

Jackson's sweet dream

Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign
This article originally appeared in the March 4, 1988 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By SCOT LEHIGH | March 07, 2008

Lifer

Catherine Russell’s rich musical path
As soon as you think you’ve got Catherine Russell figured out, she lobs another detail your way that throws the whole thing off.
By JEFF TAMARKIN | February 26, 2008

Reelin’ ’n’ rockin’

Deer Tick runs the gamut
Deer Tick singer John McCauley’s lived-in anthems harken back to the old-school traditions of Nashville, a boozy world of dim lights, thick smoke, and loud, loud music.
By ANDREA FELDMAN | February 06, 2008

Cover girls

Cat Power and Shelby Lynne
On Cat Power’s second album of covers, she might be traveling the same territory Elvis did in “Kentucky Rain” — a country road with low clouds on a chill, gray afternoon.
By CHARLES TAYLOR | February 04, 2008

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zula | Heads Up
It’s been two decades since Paul Simon ushered this South African a cappella group onto the world stage.
By BANNING EYRE | January 14, 2008

Pop in a hard place

Black Dice’s Load Blown
The norms Black Dice resist are significant and strong and worth resisting.
By NICK SYLVESTER | December 16, 2008

Bert Jansch

Fresh as a Sweet Sunday Morning | MVD
Jimmy Page admitted being “absolutely obsessed” with him.
By JEFF TAMARKIN | November 13, 2007

The ‘x’ factor

The roots pedigree of Boston’s Mystix
The Mystix want you to know they’re not fortune tellers.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | November 06, 2007

Soundbites

Music seen, two sentences on many bands
I had to make an early exit and think about how great it is that postmodernism has come a long way.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | August 29, 2007

Masters of Muppets

The 20 best musical moments on the original Muppet Show .
Here are some of our fave muppet musical moments.
By CARLY CARIOLI AND RYAN STEWART | August 27, 2007

Three for the road

Herbie Hancock, Renee Rosnes, and Luciana Souza
Maybe it’s Larry Klein’s world and the rest of us just live in it.
By JON GARELICK | August 21, 2007

Cultural exchanges

Spank Rock’s Chris Rockswell and Brazil’s DJ Dolores
CHRIS ROCKSWELL, the official DJ for the club-rap phenom SPANK ROCK, says people are always asking him, “What does your neighborhood sound like?” DJ Dolores & Isaar "De Dar Dó (remix)" (mp3)
By DAVID DAY | July 03, 2007

Sam Yahel Trio

Truth and Beauty | Origin
Sam Yahel’s expressive approach to the Hammond B3 organ has made him one of the most sought-after sidemen in jazz.
By ADAM GOLD | June 27, 2007

Vusi Mahlasela

Guiding Star | ATO
Mahlasela is among Africa’s best singer-songwriters, and here he delivers 16 largely acoustic-based tunes that span kwela, reggae, swing jazz, mbaqanga, and rock.
By BANNING EYRE | March 19, 2007