Liberated from labeling, Ethel embraces all

Questions abound when it comes to Ethel, the funky, forward-looking ensemble that makes its Boston debut tonight at Sanders Theatre. Is it a string quartet? Does it play "classical" music? And most urgent of all, where'd that name come from? Merman? Barrymore? Rosenberg? (Full article: 954 words)

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