Mar 8th, 2010 · Most people who pass through the jazz community only travel down certain main thoroughfares. But in order for there to be a vibrant community, you need all those side streets, some of which are trafficked heavily by people in the know, others which remain mostly quiet.
Dec 3rd, 2009 · The Venice-based orchestra specializes in vibrant, even daring performances of music by one of its city's native sons: Antonio Vivaldi. Hear the group, with feisty violin soloist Giuliano Carmignola, play an all-Vivaldi concert at Boston's Emmanuel Church.
Oct 6th, 2009 · Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Dennis Diken's new album Late Music. Diken, the drummer for the Smithereens, has recorded this project with a group called Bell Sound.
Sep 24th, 2009 · What grew from a music competition in Detroit is now a full-fledged string quartet. Hear the excellent young players of the Harlem Quartet play a classy arrangement of the jazz standard "Take the 'A' Train," a vibrant rendition of Ravel's String Quartet in F and a rambunctious conga at the WGBH studio in Boston.
Sep 19th, 2009 · The members of The Bronx have always felt a deep love for the music of their Los Angeles home, from the vibrant punk scene to the ever-present Latin rhythms that make up the background of Southern California life. So this hardcore punk outfit decided to record a mariachi record.
Aug 7th, 2009 · He was 16 when he debuted with the National Symphony Orchestra in his native Dominican Republic. Nearly four decades later, he's become a vibrant, virtuosic Latin jazz pianist. He presents his trio, a group swimming in modern tropical stylings, in concert.
Jul 31st, 2009 · In Argentina, swine flu has killed more than 160 people — more than Mexico, where the epidemic began, and the highest death toll outside the United States. The country's vibrant theater industry — Latin America's richest — has been hit especially hard.
Jun 29th, 2009 · For Bjork, Syrian techno star Omar Souleyman is all about the party. He's not above using synths, electronics, drum machines and YouTube to make something vibrant for today. On stage, his sideman whispers poetry in his ear, which Souleyman sings immediately.