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Music Reviews

music review of aurora
Review & setlist: AURORA summons MGM Music Hall into her cult of humanity
music review and set list for adrienne lenker
Review & setlist: Adrianne Lenker killed us softly at the Shubert
music review for clairo
‘Boston, you must know how special this is for me’: Clairo brings cozy vibes in homecoming show
music review and set list for james taylor
Review & setlist: James Taylor lights up hometown show with cheerful optimism (and dad jokes)
music review and set list for st. vincent
Review & setlist: Both sweet and macabre, St. Vincent is an engaging enigma at MGM
music review and set list for tate mcrae concert
Review & Setlist: Tate McRae returns to Boston with sultry set
music review and set list for laufrey concert
Review & setlist: Jazz-pop sensation Laufey reclaims Boston on her ‘Goddess Tour’
music review of newport folk festival
Musicians, comedians and more took the stage at Newport Folk Festival
Tucker Pillsbury aka ROLE MODEL
Review & setlist: ROLE MODEL’s ruby red shoes brought him back to Boston
The sign at the 2024 BAMS Fest. (Olivia Moon Photography for WBUR)
At BAMS Fest, local music and community thrive
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Review & Setlist: FINNEAS rocks and opens emotional wounds at MGM
Foxborough native Joanna “JoJo” Levesque did a hometown show at Roadrunner Wednesday night. (Jake Browning for Boston.com)
Review and setlist: Mass. native JoJo comes home to Roadrunner
Jelly Roll sported Celtics finery for his performance at TD Garden Thursday. (Ben Stas for The Boston Globe)
Review & setlist: Jelly Roll cherishes the ‘Beautifully Broken’ at TD Garden
Sammy Rae & The Friends (Courtesy Mia Aguirre)
Review & Setlist: Sammy Rae & The Friends radiate positivity and light at Roadrunner
Favorite albums of 2024
The best local albums of 2024, according to our critics
From left, album art for Ghost Girl's "Fragment" (courtesy); Copilot's "Vroom Vroom, etc" (courtesy Julia Paccone); and Roger Clark Miller's "Curiosity for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble" (courtesy).
New music by local artists – March 2025
Album covers clockwise from top left: Thalia Zedek Band's "The Boat Outside Your Window" (Courtesy Thrill Jockey); The Favors' "The Dream" (Courtesy Darkroom Records); Hallelujah the Hills' "DECK" (Courtesy); Time and Place's "Time and Place" (Courtesy Joe Botsch); and Intac "Money Love Music" (Courtesy).
Our favorite local music from June 2025
Album covers clockwise from top left: Vintage Lee's “Grease Pack” (Courtesy Cody Remillard and Christian Korpi); "The Swell Slice" (Courtesy Swelltune Records); Yana's “Talk About” (Courtesy Caity Krone); Will Paquin's “I Work So Hard” (Courtesy Abigail Zachko); Dropkick Murphys' “For the People” (Courtesy); Miranda Rae's “Pleasant St” (Courtesy Emmanuel “Boogie” Cazeau); and Couch's “What Were You Thinking” (Courtesy Billy Landers x Prophet Media).
Our favorite local music from July 2025
Album covers clockwise from top left: Otis Shanty's "Lowballer" (Courtesy Sadye Bobbette/Otis Shanty); Ethan Setiawan's "Encyclopedia Mandolinnica" (Art by Mike Cox, design by Louise Bichan); Najee Janey's "Royalty" (Courtesy Charles Janey); The WAITIKI 7's "Exotica Reborn" (Courtesy the band); Overserved Again's "Songs of Our Youth Pt. 1" (Photo by Leandro Moro, edited by Garrett Moloney).
Our favorite local music from August 2025

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