Music
Digitized or demonized, today’s music defies easy categorization. We may listen to music in ways we never dreamed of before, but it always comes down to the beat, the rhythm and the lyrics no matter how many ones and zeroes line up for our inspection.
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‘Circles and Squares’ Review: Shimmery Summer Pop
The best songs endure, sharing fresh facets with every listen. Seth Swirsky’s “Circles and Squares” falls into the latter category. The…
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Why Now is Best Time to See Guns N’ Roses
Frontman Axl Rose is infamous for diva behavior. You know, showing up late, refusing to go on stage and sparking riots.…
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Why ‘Beautiful’ Is the Best Kind of Feminism
She’s dowdy to the core, a Brooklyn girl who thinks she isn’t pretty enough to sing her own songs. Her…
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Subversive ‘Sound of Music’ Finds Joy in Faith
The college student earned the chance to play Maria in the national touring production of “The Sound of Music.” College clearly…
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‘Good Times!’ Will Make Monkees Fans Squeal
When The Monkees say, “here’s something from our new album,” it’s not a cue to hit the rest room. “Good…
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Denver’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ Packs Steampunk Pop
Denver’s take on Stephen Sondheim’s quasi-opera mines a local resource to glorious effect. Colorado’s own DeVotchKa reinterprets the Tony winning musical,…
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7 Underrated Monkees Songs
The so-called Pre-Fab Four recorded some of the best pop music of the 1960s. It’s no accident that, 50 years…
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HiT Musical Review: DCPA’s ‘The 12’
Just ask the team behind “Noah,” the 2014 film which took immense liberty with the source material and suffered populist…
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The HiT List: The Apology Club Edition
The new host of Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show” is getting raves for his work on the program. So far…
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Top 7 Pop Music Capitalists
Billy Joel famously lost millions following bad business deals and a string of ex-spouses . Dionne Warwick recently owed the…
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