Music

Sometimes, it’s the simplest advice that turns out to be the best...

Oh, Nikola Tesla … if only you could see what electricity can do now...

In the world of stringed instruments, the four-string ukulele has a small and kitschy lute that was associated with the likes of the late...

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As Danny Shafer’s marriage came to an end a couple of years ago, songs began to flow out of him.  “I knew I had to...

Pro Musica Colorado gets ‘Epic’ Cynthia Katsarelis, the director of the Pro Musica Colorado Chamber orchestra, is wearing a black leather jacket as she explains the subversive nature of the orchestra’s next concert, “Epic Seasons...

The hottest headphones on the market right now are without a doubt Dr. Dre’s signature Beat by Dre headphones. Coming in at $120 or more for the in-ear headphones and up to $400 for the over-the-ear headphones, Beats by Dre boast the best audio for in-studio use or ...

Joshua Redman is drawn to collaboration. For his entire career, the tenor saxophonist has surrounded himself with the best musicians in modern jazz, creating a true give-and-take on the bandstand and breaking out of the standard leader-accompanist mold. Redman, who ...

It’s true, there was great American rock in the years leading up to grunge, but the reason sweetly fierce alt-hardcore bands like the Pixies never made it big in the mainstream is complicated. Sure, if Black Francis had been a little younger, a little more attractive...

The warmth of the debut Figueroa album, The World As We Know It, radiates from the first flurried guitar that opens the album; it’s...

A Far Cry, a self-directed string ensemble of 17 players headquartered in Boston, will play “Memory” Saturday (Feb. 8) in Macky Auditorium. No, not the...

For Dustin Payseur, changing the sound of Beach Fossils wasn’t a matter of abandoning what had come before. Rather, the frontman of the Brooklyn indie-rock...