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Aeolus Quartet proves bold, but still evolving
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Verdi at 200: A personal manifesto
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NSO is just a part of ambitious ‘george WASHINGTON’
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Two sons of Cuba usher in the new breed of its sound
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Revised Emerson plays with fresh vitality
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Grouplove lets guard down, gets spirits up
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A casually great pastiche of the past
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At gallery, a multi-instrument, multimedia soundscape
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National Philharmonic celebrates 19th-century greats
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Folger Consort starts season with Catholic Mass
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Laura Benanti: Old-fashioned flair with a modern edge
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Billy Currington: Going country and a lot of other places
In an 80-minute set at the Fillmore, the Nashville star ranges from familiar hits to “Blurred Lines” and more.
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‘Cruise’: The making of a mega-hit
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Florida Georgia Line: The duo changing country music
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Multimedia ‘Washington’ at NSO is part of growing trend
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BSO offers mix of the masterful and the blase
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Richie’s still dancing on the ceiling
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Returning Levine applies spark to lukewarm Met “Cosi.”
James Levine returned to the Metropolitan Opera after two years with Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte.”
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Met’s ‘Onegin’ sometimes soars but at others falters
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Chvrches, Alan Jackson, Asia Argento: Critic’s Notebook
New albums from the Scottish electro-pop trio and country’s greatest traditionalist.
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Met “Onegin” showcases Netrebko and theatricality.
Metropolitan Opera opens season with Anna Netrebko in “Eugene Onegin.”
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Drake takes stock and likes what he sees
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Michael Buble: All covers, all charm
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At Atlas, trio’s debut imparts warmth and life to new music
The Mirage group, which performs works by 21-century composers, played with virtuosity and connection
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For Verdi’s birthday, a chance to hear ‘I masnadieri’
Washington Concert Opera dedicates its 2013-14 season to the Italian composer, starting with this rarity.
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Washington Bach Consort’s adventurous evening
The world-class chamber ensemble presented “Bach, Vivaldi and the Italian Influence” on Sunday.
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New Adams concerto gets BSO, Alsop off to good start
A new saxophone concerto by John Adams highlighted the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s concert.
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Review: Fairfax Symphony Orchestra’s spectacular night
The small orchestra’s performance at George Mason University on Saturday evening was larger than life.
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Wayne Shorter at 80, catching his second wind
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Fred Katz, 94, musician and educator, dies
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Virgin Mobile FreeFest set times and songs to know
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Oddisee, feeling at home in D.C.
The Prince George’s native now lives in Brooklyn, but Monday’s show at Liv Nightclub felt like a hometown gig.
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NSO extends contract of pops conductor Steven Reineke
Steven Reineke will work through the 2017-18 season, the National Symphony Orchestra said.
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Melissa Aldana wins 2013 Monk jazz competition
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NSO announces new annual VA residency from 2014
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Graham Nash’s unique rock-and-roll odyssey
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Powder Mill, Goldfrapp, Gucci Mane: Critic’s Notebook
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Inscape continues quest to show new music at its best
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The unexpected star of ‘Tristan und Isolde’: The orchestra
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Vibraphone innovator Gary Burton leads a well-honed quartet at Blues Alley
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Butch Warren’s last jam
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Twenty years of memories and Marlboros at the Black Cat
I still flinch when people call it “the Cat.”
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‘Tristan und Isolde’: Striking a chord of longing
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Diminishing strings leave BSO uneven
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Solange will shimmy her way back to D.C. this fall
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No monogamy but lots of monotony
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Verge Ensemble performs at American Art Museum
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The sounds of Mozart in the saloon of Judge Roy Bean
The In Series and Bari Biern transport the opera “Abduction from the Seraglio” to the Wild West.
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Voigt withdraws from WNO Isolde, citing challenges of role
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Cameron Carpenter breaks the classical organ mold
The organist is unafraid to challenge traditions in seeking new audiences for his instrument.
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Rock the Bells hip-hop D.C. festival set
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Trombone Shorty’s feel-good musical gumbo
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Laura Marling kicks off Lincoln Theatre’s newest era
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AlunaGeorge’s sweet sounds fall flat live
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Another dark masterpiece from Nine Inch Nails
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Josh Burdette, the face of the 9:30 Club, has died
Musicians and 9:30 Club regulars react to news that the face of the 9:30 Club has passed away.
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NPR’s Ari Shapiro gets his groove on with Pink Martini
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Russia has embraced a hysterical loathing of gay people, embodied in a law that prohibits gay “propaganda.”
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Women are the maestros of D.C.’s classical music world
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Remembering Michael Jackson
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Juicy J’s long career reaches another peak
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Justin Timberlake and ‘N Sync reunite
After rumors, Justin Timberlake and ‘N Sync reunite at the 2013 Video Music Awards.
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Miley Cyrus, slut-shaming and issues of racial condescension
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The Smith family’s memorable reaction show
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Miley Cyrus, other VMA highlights and lowlights
Fun from 'N Sync, Miley, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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Kip Moore at Jiffy Lube Live
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Stewart Copeland, once of The Police, talks about writing operas.
Stewart Copeland, drummer of the Police, talks about his new career as an opera composer.
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Sid Bernstein, who brought the Beatles to Carnegie Hall, dies
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Mike Rosenberg tackles dark subjects with a light touch
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Opera rocks: former rock-and-rollers turn to unlikely genre.
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Marian McPartland, jazz pianist and radio host, dies at 95
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Cedar Walton, pianist and NEA jazz master, dies at 79
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