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Morse on 2009
After reading our lists of the year's best albums, Steve...

Classical music

The Year in Arts: Classical Music
On artistic vision, Levine's BSO hits a flat note
Music director James Levine withdrew from almost the entire fall concert schedule due to back surgery while the organization struggled to find its voice.
- CD Reviews Box sets capture the scope of Haydn
- Some stand, others sit in their celebration of the Handel ‘Messiah’ chorus
- Classical notes Scott Nickrenz mixes promising performers and inventive programs at Gardner Museum
- Concert REVIEW Dutch cellist leads holiday-themed H&H Society program
- Concert REVIEW For Christmas, Camerata heads to the Mediterranean
- What a collector loses (and gains) by downloading
- Critic's Notebook A new WCRB, and a shrinking classical dial
- Concert REVIEW ‘Messiah’ delivers a mild message to Jordan Hall
- Concert REVIEW Pops toast the season with glee, tradition
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Decade's best singles
Whether these were the "best" of the last ten years isn't the point. What matters is that at some point, these songs wormed their way into your head.
- Discuss Decade's best songs
Boston Music Awards
See which musicians won Act of the Year, Album of the Year, browse photos, and more.
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Soul bellows
Cory Pesaturo is on a mission to make the accordion hip by playing jazz. He's even taken home a world title.
TD Garden guide
Headed out to see a concert? You'll find plenty of options for hanging out or grabbing pre-or-post show eats and drinks in the North Station area.
Album Reviews

Pieta Brown shines on ‘Shimmer’
The singer's new album is a wisp of a record (technically, an EP) that often sounds like home demos recorded around midnight.

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Jam'n 94.5 Monster Jam
Hip-hop and R&B fans turned out at the TD Garden for the fifth annual Monster Jam.
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Top CDs of 2009
Lady Gaga had a big year, and while certain critics were known to sing along to "Poker Face," it was the smaller releases they tended to savor.

The Year in Arts: Music
They've got that old feeling
What does it say about pop music that we ended the decade engulfed in nostalgia? This summer the artist we couldn't get enough of was the late Michael Jackson.
- Special Section A look back at the year in arts


Following their own path to the edge of stardom
With an explosive pop-punk sound and sharply honed live show, the Worcester band Four Year Strong has spent the past two years touring, pick up bundles of fans one concert at a time.


A familial Guthrie chorus
To say that folk music is in Sarah Lee Guthrie's blood would be a colossal understatement, given that she is the daughter of Arlo Guthrie and the granddaughter of Woody Guthrie.


Claudia Quintet to play First Night
The New York-based Claudia Quintet — an eclectic music box of a band — finds their groove in a softer sound.


A musical guide to partying into 2010
We offer the following handy (and admittedly highly subjective) consumer guide for those inclined to bid farewell (or say good riddance) to 2009.


On our playlists
Here's a sampling of music that got the Boston Globe music critics in the holiday spirit this past week.


iPod Shuffle
Joyce Linehan is a platinum card-carrying member of local Boston culture. See what's on her iPod.


MUSIC REVIEW
Fanatical devotion greets New Kids’ holiday spectacle
The House of Blues benefit show supported Toys for Tots. And a show it was - as much glitzy, campy, holiday-themed spectacle as concert showcasing songs from the Kids' '08 comeback album, "The Block."


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A unique form of fan interactivity
Progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee takes a risk by exploring new ways to communicate with fans.

G Force

Dicky Barrett is mighty happy these days
Beloved Boston ska-punks the Mighty Mighty Bosstones return to the Hub next week for the 12th annual version of their seasonal “Hometown Throwdown.’’


With duets project, Lewis still shakin’
At 74, Jerry Lee Lewis (pictured in 2008) is still performing and recording.


Getting into the game
The local all-female punk band Vagiant (Boston) is drawing attention on stage and — thanks to the video game Rock Band — in public.


BU website embellished biography of opera director
A Globe review has found that a bio of Sharon Daniels, the head of BU's Opera Institute, exaggerated her experience.

More from the Globe
- Things to do Now touring, the School of Rock
- Things to do Boston’s got talent, male and female
- G FORCE | THE NEATS’ ERIC MARTIN Eric Martin discusses the Neats
- Album Review The Vandermark 5, 'Annular Gift'
- Album Review Various Artists, 'Acoustic For Autism'
- Album Review Linda Oh Trio, 'Entry'
- Album Review Mulatu Astatke, 'New York - Addis - London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975'
- TODAY Tribute to the 1990s at Passim
- TOMORROW Tim Ray All-Star Quartet in Methuen
- Danvers High band to strut for third time at Tournament of Roses Parade
Music newswire
- Nelly offers reward in burglary of his home (AP, 12:11 p.m.)
- LA lawyers put objections aside to make music (AP, 6:51 a.m.)
- Folk-rocker Vic Chesnutt dies in Ga. at 45 (AP, 12/26/09)
- Couple sues Gene Simmons over alleged attack (AP, 12/25/09)
- Couple sues Gene Simmons over alleged attack (AP, 12/24/09)
- Guitarist for Janis Joplin's Big Brother band dies (AP, 12/24/09)
- Singer Feliciano protests 'Feliz Navidad' parody (AP, 12/24/09)
- Latin Grammy winner freed from Mexican jail (AP, 12/24/09)
- Latin Grammy winner freed from Mexican jail (AP, 12/23/09)
- Rocker icon Hallyday leaves Los Angeles hospital (AP, 12/23/09)
- Amy Winehouse charged in alleged theater assault (AP, 12/23/09)
- Q&A: Mary J. Blige is 'Stronger' than ever (AP, 12/23/09)
- Terrorist attack feared after Jackson arrest (AP, 12/23/09)
- Bethlehem gets first Christmas rock concert (AP, 12/23/09)
- Reports: Aerosmith's Tyler enters rehab (AP, 12/23/09)
- Terrorist attack feared after Jackson arrest (AP, 12/22/09)
- Fan convicted in NYC of harassing Ashanti's mother (AP, 12/22/09)
- Atlanta rapper T.I. released from Arkansas prison (AP, 12/22/09)
- 10 a cappella singers ready for pop stardom (AP, 12/22/09)
- Usher is slowly building a lifestyle brand (AP, 12/22/09)






















