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The Wandas find growth in their pop evolution

Spinning the wheel
Not only does their razor-sharp pop consciousness and reverence for rock and roll classics distance them from the "hard to play/harder to listen to" prog and/or funk trappings of Berklee, site of the bands' 2002 genesis; it also makes them one of the cooler bands in town who could probably appeal to most of their fans' parents.
By BARRY THOMPSON | September 07, 2011

Videos: Mornin' Old Sport pop-up show in the Back Bay

Pop-up video
On August 2nd, Mornin' Old Sport and the Boston Phoenix teamed up to produce the Phoenix's first pop-up show on Mass Ave.
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | September 14, 2011

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Review: It (1927)

Silent-movie stardom gained a new dimension with Clara Bow in It, which was directed by Clarence G. Badger and an uncredited Josef von Sternberg.
By BETSY SHERMAN | April 27, 2011

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Electronic Havana

Another side of Cuba, another side of Berklee; plus Jason Stein and the Dymaxion Quartet
If you were to hear that a group of Berklee students were spending a week in Cuba, you probably wouldn't be too surprised.
By JON GARELICK | November 23, 2010

Flesh and blood: Phil Wilson's Miles and Gil

Plus Benny Sharoni's hard bop and Ben Powell's fiddle magic
When I first put on Benny Sharoni's new Eternal Elixir (Papaya), there was, as a composer friend of mine likes to say, "nothing wrong with it." That is, it seemed no better or worse than a zillion other straight-ahead tenor-saxophone discs.
By JON GARELICK | November 09, 2010

Elizabeth and the Catapult | The Other Side of Zero

Verve Forecast (2010)
It appears that Liz Ziman has been flirting with a busted heart.
By MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | November 02, 2010

Esperanza and Kenny

Spalding's chamber music; Werner's elegy
Spalding's chamber music; Werner's elegy
By JON GARELICK | September 28, 2010

Fall Jazz Preview: Blindfold test

Trying new flavors in the new season
A search for this fall’s must-see jazz revealed a lot of overlapping personnel — Jim Hobbs, Allan Chase, Joe Morris, Taylor Ho Bynum. Hey, you wanted to know what’s good , right?
By JON GARELICK | September 16, 2010

Giant Steps: Ted Rosenthal, Danilo Pérez, and Vijay Iyer

Pianos plus
The sound was maddeningly familiar.
By JON GARELICK | September 01, 2010

Dare to be filthy

Semi Precious Weapons celebrate partying and poverty
After a few tours, any rock act worth its decibels should be able to name a couple of its wilder shows with little effort, but Justin Tranter’s pick for most memorable Semi Precious Weapons concert sounds especially libertine.
By REYAN ALI | June 28, 2010

’Bru Bracket-Busters

You Scream I Scream and Santa Mamba get to the finals
Part 1 of the 2010 WBRU Rock Hunt semi-finals is in the books, with Santa Mamba and underdogs You Scream I Scream advancing to the finals, and this weekend six more bands will vie for the two remaining spots.
By CHRIS CONTI | March 24, 2010

SXSW 2010 (Thursday): [Photos] On the streets of Austin

The Phoenix team hits the streets at SXSW 2010
Candid shots from the streets of Austin, March 18, 2010
By KELLY DAVIDSON | March 19, 2010

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No identity crisis

Nando Michelin and Matt Steckler know who they are
If great art and great artists are supposed to contain multitudes, then in music, at least, pianists have the edge: 10 fingers theoretically capable of 10 different simultaneous paths for the music to take. Of course, it's not that simple.
By JON GARELICK | February 08, 2010

Alternative energy

GASP marks five years
At the end of August, the seven-month-old Massachusetts Creative Economy Council released its first report on the state of culture here.
By GREG COOK | October 19, 2009

Coming home

Terri Lyne Carrington gives the BeanTown Jazz Fest the blues
Terri Lyne Carrington gives the BeanTown Jazz Fest the blues
By JON GARELICK | September 25, 2009

Teachers and students

NEC and Berklee set the jazz stage
Several of this fall's promising jazz performances are clustered around the week of October 18. That marks the 40th-anniversary celebration of the jazz-studies program at New England Conservatory, which, created by Gunther Schuller, established NEC as one of the international twin beacons of jazz education in Boston along with Berklee College of Music.
By JON GARELICK | September 14, 2009

Melody makers

So you started a band — now what? Berklee and Topspin are here to help.
If you’re an up-and-popping band or artist, you first need to find fans, friends, and fiends on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and, of course, in real life. But where do you go from there?
By CHRIS FARAONE | August 13, 2009

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The dark knight

Merry prankster Sir John Hargrave is a square peg at a round table
By his calling card alone, Sir John Hargrave sounds like he may be a world-renowned botanist, or the first man to set foot in some remote part of Papua New Guinea.
By IAN SANDS | July 08, 2009

Music as memory

Marco Benevento, live at the Museum of Fine Arts, July 1, 2009
When I first saw him perform, at Newport last year, I slammed pianist Marco Benevento for playing "bombastic, leadfoot, pedal-to-the-metal instrumental rock." But that was long ago in another country, and besides, the wench is dead.
By JON GARELICK | July 07, 2009

Music as memory

He's not a doctor . . .

. . . but he plays with one in LA. As hip-hop's newest secret weapon, Dawaun Parker is helping resuscitate rap's biggest stars.
Around this time four years ago, contemporary hip-hop tastemaker Dawaun Parker faced the same dilemma that most soon-to-be music-school grads negotiate: should he become a performer, a songwriter, or a barista?
By CHRIS FARAONE | May 18, 2009

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On the cheap: Pho Basil

Welcome freshness and value too rarely seen in the Back Bay
When I lived in the Back Bay, my suburban friends would coo, "Oooh, you must love the great restaurants!"
By MC SLIM JB | February 04, 2009

Fully loaded

Joshua Redman, Cassandra Wilson, Lionel Loueke, and more
One of the most hotly anticipated concerts of the season will be JOSHUA REDMAN's "Double Trio" concert at Berklee on January 22.
By JON GARELICK | January 05, 2009

Straight outta Arctic

The Noise Campaign rock the vote
The West Warwick-based quintet the Noise Campaign have rocked plenty of local dive bars and club stages across Rhode Island in recent months, and this spry crew of 20- and 21-year-olds will begin recording their full-length debut at Strangeways Recording in February.
By CHRIS CONTI | November 25, 2008