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‘Blind, Crippled and Crazy’ sounds crazy good
Texas roots-rock vets Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark team up for first time in 40 years.
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Still searching for salvation through song
Soul legend Mavis Staples has plenty of conviction in her hearty, uplifting voice.
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Finding solace in the sounds of his youth
Aaron Neville’s new album, “My True Story,” celebrates the doo-wop songs he loved to sing as a kid.
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Trio da Paz shows the complexities of Brazilian jazz
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D.C. rappers Pacman and Peso are going to North Korea
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At Dumbarton Oaks, Joel Fan sticks to the romantics
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Eminem, M.I.A. still searching for rebellion
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Blues singer Bobby Parker left indelible mark on music
Bobby Parker, a renowned D.C. singer and guitarist and a pioneer of electric blues and rock, died Oct. 31.
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Washington Chorus does credit to Britten centenary
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Music review: Boris Giltburg’s debut recital
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Music review: Beatrice Rana’s immaculate performance
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Review: Tommy Tune turns on the charm
With little more than a smile and a song, Tune created a show that occasionally felt sneaky-big.
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Music review: Danish String Quartet lacks fire, character
The quartet — three Danes and a Norwegian — performed on Saturday afternoon at the Library of Congress.
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Review: Irish flutist James Galway entertains with grace
Galway romps happily through some Irish tunes at the George Mason Center for the Arts on Saturday.
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Frank Wess, jazz saxophonist with Basie, dies at 91
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Reviews: Shao, Bailey, Chris Thile and more
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Region gets a double dose of Britten’s ‘War Requiem’
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Drake at Verizon Center: No tricks, many treats
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With uncertain direction, NSO still intermittently shines
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At the 9:30 Club, Fitz and the Tantrums are all the rage
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Master of the mandolin and the audience
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Neko Case, in fine voice as always
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Dick Morgan, longtime D.C. jazz pianist, dies at 84
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Electronic music duo Disclosure’s aloof humanity
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Arcade Fire, still devoid of wit, subtlety and danger
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At Phillips, romantic-era music at its finest
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Cappella Romana complements ‘Heaven and Earth’ exhibit
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Lou Reed’s most essential single second
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Lou Reed lived in the musical moment
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Pianist Yuja Wang dazzles, at a distance
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Bailey and Perlman shine in Schumann pieces
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With Glass piece, Kronos Quartet marks 40 years
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Cuarteto Casals string quartet offers a grab bag of sound
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First son, then father to take NSO podium
Neeme and Kristjan Jarvi, father and son, will lead the National Symphony Orchestra two weeks apart.
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John Legend: Taking his time and doing it right
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At Washington National Opera, upstaged by the B team
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Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Oct. 24-30.
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WNO’s B team earns A’s in Verdi’s “Forza”
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Actor, singer Noel Harrison dies at 79
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“Two Boys,” internet opera, misses connection
Nico Muhly’s new internet opera “Two Boys” at the Met tries to touch all bases, but fails to touch the heart.
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Katy Perry grows up, gets spiritual on ‘Prism’
The pop star’s new album addresses her breakup with Russell Brand and offers Spirituality 101.
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Review roundup: From Beijing to a French Cosi
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British pianist Ivana Gavric plunges into the music of Grieg
Gavric, also fond of Janacek, delivers an impressive and insightful U.S. debut at the Phillips Collection.
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Beijing Symphony Orchestra visits Strathmore
Amid a boom time for classical music in China, BSO brings its professional but not extraordinary playing to U.S.
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Ralph Stanley, not quite ready to say goodbye
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Violinist soars with passion of Prokofiev
During concert at Wolf Trap, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg reconnects with music that helped launch her fame.
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Cathedral Choral Society’s robust but uneven ‘Requiem’
Despite the virtues of the chorus, the rendition of the famous Verdi work did not cohere into a compelling vision.
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D.C. opera company gives tradition a whole new look
Opera Lafayette’s production of “Cosi fan tutte” is compelling proof that “traditional” staging can be radical.
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Ukrainian pianist has found key to her success: YouTube
Valentina Lisitsa’s three-minute video clip led to more, and eventually a record deal and world tour.
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Jazz chanteuse Gloria Lynne dies at 83
A bittersweet career full of transformative vocal highs was muted by the untimely arrival of disco.
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The Dismemberment Plan grows up
On its first album since 2001, D.C.’s quirky indie rock heroes embrace a new sound and new outlook.
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International mystery man fills U.S. airwaves
Jian Ghomeshi’s popular “Q” program daily on 160 American public radio stations, including WAMU.
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Dance Theatre of Harlem’s ‘Gloria’ (Excerpts)
The Dance Theatre of Harlem performs “Gloria” with choreography by Robert Garland and music by Francis Poulenc.
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Organist pushes and pulls Kennedy Center instrument
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Developing new operas is an art in itself
After seven years, the Met’s commissioning program is bringing first work to the stage.
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A top concert, but only a couple of hundred people heard it
Les Violons du Roy, perhaps the best early-music ensemble in North America, was stellar at Strathmore.
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Gergiev, Mariinsky are urbane in all-Stravinsky program
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra offered a mini-marathon of three Stravinsky ballet scores.
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Cass McCombs, Kelela, Prince Royce -- Critic’s Notebook
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Janelle Monae: The best live act R&B has to offer
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Nightlife Agenda: Bruce Vilanch, the Dismemberment Plan and rare beers
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Essay: ‘Redneck Crazy,’ a glorified stalker anthem, is a hit
It’s offensive – as a music fan and a human – that this controversial country song soared up the charts.
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McCartney’s back with a lively ‘New’ album
New producers are a bonus for Paul McCartney’s sound.
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Dublin Guitar Quartet: Eclectic recital at Phillips Collection
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Review roundup: of geniuses and Verdi operas
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Jeremy Denk’s journey into the soul
The “genius” pianist’s interpretation of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” reveals great art and much hard work.
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Virginia Opera’s ‘Falstaff’ is opera buffa at its best
The two performances tiptoed just on the artistic side of the line separating just enough from too much.
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WNO’s ‘Forza’ founders on bad singing
Verdi’s opera gets a deliberately provocative production and a lousy cast in WNO outing.
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Claire Chase wows Atlas with an evening of flute
Electrifying concert shows the flute to be a force for contemporary music
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Selena Gomez keeps it clean at Patriot Center
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Prince George’s and Southern Maryland Going Out Guide
A listing of events in Prince George’s County and Southern Maryland for Oct. 10-16, 2013.
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NSO demonstrates the power of Wagner
One act of “Parsifal,’ staged as a concert, provided an abbreviated but intense jolt of music.
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No singers, no problem for Milan’s Cameristi della Scala
The orchestra played adaptations of themes from Verdi operas, allowing listeners to relive the scores.
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Franz Ferdinand is connecting again, onstage and off
The Glasgow quartet has released its first album in four years.
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NSO announces Capitol Hill as 2014 “Neighborhood”
The National Symphony Orchestra targets Capitol Hill in its annual series of “Neighborhood” concerts.
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Hermès Quartet: Beauty of sound with pinpoint accuracy
Group shows lots of polish, even more potential at its Kennedy Center performance.
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Los Tigres provide soundtrack for immigrants’ lives
Audience sings along as band plays “the real stuff” at rally on the Mall.
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Review: Deeply committed musicmaking from the Knights
The hip chamber orchestra made an auspicious Washington debut at the Dumbarton Oaks Museum.
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Tink, Deap Vally, Oneohtrix Point Never: Critic’s Notebook
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Nightlife Agenda: U Street beer, the Dead and a tribute to Stevie Wonder
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