For music fans of a certain vintage, the late 60s and early 70s was the peak of the concept album – an album that tells a story. Think The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968), The ...
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Joyce Glasser reviews Greatest Days (June 16, 2023) 12A, 112 mins. In Cinemas. There have been many films, some excellent, about our favourite songs; the music that defined a generation or an era; and ...
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Ambitious musical innovation is always a thrilling prospect. Monteverdi was so keen on it that, in the early 1600s, he came up with Orfeo in a new, experimental art form that combined words and drama ...
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Even as an awkward sixteen-year-old, Carole King was already composing melodies of exquisite beauty, adorned with poetic, narrative lyrics that touch the heart. Their musical quality and emotional con ...
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