I didn't know I needed the new Billy Joel documentary
NPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his music in her own.
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'Dear Summer: Volume 3' returns to highlight more emerging artists and DJs
The citywide mixtape features six DJs and 17 up-and-coming and established artists from the Greater Boston area.
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Greg Tate, a powerful chronicler and critic of Black life and culture, has died at 64
Greg Tate, the essential music writer, cultural critic and journalist, has died. He was 64. The news was confirmed by a spokesperson at Duke University… -
'We're doing what we love': Local vendors praise return of SoWa Winter Festival
The seasonal shopping event in Boston's South End runs through Sunday, Dec. 12. -
Boston piano icon Donal Fox blends genres and confounds expectations
Fox played a concert at GBH's Fraser Performance Studio Friday.
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