Concert Hall, October 24 Pat Metheny has pursued a musical odyssey that, for sheer breadth of territory traversed, few artists can match. Along the way the guitarist has wandered into a few blind alleys as well as expanding possibilities for creative musicians of all stripes. Now he has arrived…
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An 11-year old American boy once became obsessed with the music of an Irish fiddler. Two decades later the pair formed a band that is re-shaping Irish music in ways that may echo through the ages. Imagine if Brian Eno or even Sigur Ros played traditional Irish music and you…
Lennox Theatre, October 5 To hear a concert of Jacques Brel songs less than two days after witnessing Sondheim On Sondheim was to relish the differences between these two dazzling lyricists and resourceful composers who were born a year apart. Where Sondheim’s songs are all refinement, wit and wistfulness, Brel’s…