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NPR CRITIC, EMERSON COLLEGE PROFESSOR and AUTHOR TIM RILEY reviews pop and classical music for NPR’s ON POINT and HERE AND NOW and COPPER ma

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Turnkey Nerds

Jun 7, 2018
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Leg Room For The Unstable

May 5, 2018
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Inspired Degeneracy, or Bowie From Beyond (Berlin, 1929)

Mar 7, 2018
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Fearsome Meditations

Feb 15, 2018
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Weird Not Weird

Jan 30, 2018
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2017 LIST

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Hates His Father: Baumbach, Noah

Nov 1, 2017
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More on Libratone, Harman-Kardon, Archeer Portables

Sep 6, 2017
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Schumann: The Missing Quartets

Jul 24, 2017
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Summer Gadget Blowout

Jul 7, 2017
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Older Too

Jun 6, 2017
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Momma’s Boy

May 31, 2017
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Maypole Sliders

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April Dandy

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February: Anti-Elitist Wormholes

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January Leftovers:

Jan 30, 2017
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DELUXE DOUBLE ISSUE: RIP 2016

Dec 31, 2016
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Sweet November, or Whither Anthony Newley

Oct 31, 2016
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Regulators! Let’s Dance!

Sep 30, 2016
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September, Sweeter Than Ever

Aug 30, 2016
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Turnkey Nerds

THE BRIDGE Working through the third season of the original (the Swedish) and lordy, what an...

Jun 7, 2018
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Leg Room For The Unstable

Maria Bamford They canceled Lady Dynamite, but Bamford’s new Netflix special surfs even more...

May 5, 2018
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Inspired Degeneracy, or Bowie From Beyond (Berlin, 1929)

This dance sequence from episode 2 of Babylon Berlin distills the David Bowie Is exhibition at the...

Mar 7, 2018
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Fearsome Meditations

Serkin, Gould and the Pianist’s Ideal Recently available deluxe recordings from Rudolf Serkin and...

Feb 15, 2018
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Weird Not Weird

Reflecting On 2017: The Year In Music (WBUR’s Radio Boston, 12/27/17) We review the year in music...

Jan 30, 2018
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2017 LIST

2017 LISTS Bob Dylan, Triplicate (Columbia) Beck, Colors (Capitol/Virgin EMI) Kendrick Lamar, Damn...

Dec 28, 2017
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Hates His Father: Baumbach, Noah

2017 LISTS (first draft) Beck, Colors (Capitol/Virgin EMI) Kendrick Lamar, Damn (Top...

Nov 1, 2017
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More on Libratone, Harman-Kardon, Archeer Portables

Some say we’ve already hit peak TV; we might also approach peak bluetooth. Have turned off my...

Sep 6, 2017
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Schumann: The Missing Quartets

How much does your early exposure to a given piece influence your understanding of the music? I...

Jul 24, 2017
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Summer Gadget Blowout

Everybody has their preferences, mine tend toward close daily listening on the commute with...

Jul 7, 2017
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Older Too

New York Times Today column, 4 June “The Beatles posing in front of the celebrities was a way of...

Jun 6, 2017
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Momma’s Boy

WHEN VAN CLIBURN, a tall, lanky Texan with a boyish grin, paraded through the confetti from...

May 31, 2017
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Maypole Sliders

BIG LITTLE LIES (HBO) Of course I tuned in to a whodunit starring four big stars, all with amazing...

May 1, 2017
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April Dandy

The old saw has you balancing hifi against comfort. But with bluetooth wireless going mainstream,...

Mar 31, 2017
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February: Anti-Elitist Wormholes

Just finished first six-episode installment of Roll Over Beethoven: A Rock Critic’s Guide to...

Feb 28, 2017
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January Leftovers:

Happens every year, I haul out all my data and assemble a best-of list and submit to Village Voice...

Jan 30, 2017
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DELUXE DOUBLE ISSUE: RIP 2016

BEST OF 2016 In no particular order (spotify links): David Bowie: Blackstar (Columbia) Margaret...

Dec 31, 2016
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Sweet November, or Whither Anthony Newley

Dylan’s Nobel Extra points for how the announcement landed on Paul Simon‘s 75th birthday (October...

Oct 31, 2016
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Regulators! Let’s Dance!

Master & Dynamic Comfort cans that deliver mucho fidelity, warm, spacious tones, and a wicked...

Sep 30, 2016
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September, Sweeter Than Ever

I searched for this LP for ages. Finally found a copy. I remember I thought “Now I’ve got all the...

Aug 30, 2016
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