From Ariana Grande to art in the #MeToo era, with Globe critics’ Top 10 picks in TV, music, theater, art, and dance for 2018.
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The “American Idol” finalist will be a co-host on “Jackson and Ayla Brown” on Country 102.5.
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Berklee student Tom Oren, 24, won the 2018 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition at the Kennedy Center in Washington earlier this month.
He’s the first hip-hop artist to claim the BMAs’ highest honor.
West appeared to reignite a feud with the fellow rapper in a series of tweets on Thursday in which he claimed Drake had called trying to threaten him.
The Year in Arts 2018
Highlights included everything from Bartók and Brahms to an immersive Stockhausen performance.
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From Drake to Ariana Grande, Maren Morris to Kacey Musgraves, the singers who forged their own paths created the year’s most memorable moments.
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The year’s best shows, bookended by Dropkick Murphys and Liz Phair.
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After the seats emptied and the music faded into memory, I most vividly recall the moments this year that made me forget about the distractions waiting on my phone.
Holiday arts preview 2018
Best things to see, do this holiday season
From dancing sugarplums to a musical “Grinch,” there’s a bounty of theater, music, TV, and other attractions to enjoy.
This week’s picks by Globe critics.
Janet Jackson joins her brother Michael and the Jackson 5 as members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, earning induction on Thursday along with Stevie Nicks and Def Leppard, the top fan vote-getter.
Over its 2½-hour length, the recording of Springsteen’s autobiographical show stands on its own as an unusually forthright act of self-demystification.
This year’s Run AMOC! Festival, presented by American Repertory Theater, includes arrangements of Bach that flutist Emi Ferguson created with the baroque band Ruckus.
Renegotiating the parameters of their sound has been the only way forward for the trio, who just released their debut album, “Florida Guilt.”
Things to Do
The Globe’s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
Jackson joins her brother Michael and the Jackson 5 as members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with Stevie Nicks, Def Leppard, Radiohead, the Cure, Roxy Music, and the Zombies.
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In July, Elizabeth Rowe filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the Boston Symphony Orchestra seeking $200,000 in back pay.
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Tanglewood Festival Chorus singers, along with brass and rhythm section musicians, sailed through a medley of holiday favorites for the young patients and their parents.
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“There Will Be No Intermission” is Palmer’s first solo studio album in six years.
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One nod is for his viral music video, “I’m Not Racist,” which has been viewed more than 104 million times.
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The band delivered a rousing 19-song set — and a gibe about the Patriots’ loss.
Ingrid Christiansen, 89, went into cardiac arrest in the middle of a concert by the chamber music ensemble Mistral. What happened next was dramatic.
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The program included three tricky American works, and with high risk came high reward.
The music of “Black Panther,” with Lamar in its starring role, officially owns the 2019 Grammy nods, and women are heavily represented in the major categories.
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Holiday Pops features traditional tunes and other treats.
This week’s picks by Globe critics.
The genial singer is candid about harmonizing with his new band, reuniting with his old one, Twitter trolls, and his weed routine.
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The Globe’s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
The bluegrass stars plug in on their new album, “Mockingbird,” and supporting tour.
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Broadway star Laura Osnes, Red Sox manager Alex Cora, and broadcaster Jerry Remy were a part of the celebration.
This week’s picks: The Rhythm Future Quartet, Jeff Pitchell & the Texas Flood, and the 41st annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert.
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Tuesday night’s show at TD Garden, featuring eight acts of varying fame, was appropriately uneven.
What’s old is new again from the likes of the Band, Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell, the Louvin Brothers, Joe Strummer, and Kirsty MacColl.
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The Holiday Pops season — 40 performances in all — kicks off Wednesday.
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Oh, and the rapper performed at TD Garden.
Singer Nick Jonas and actress Priyanka Chopra tied the knot this past weekend — and photos and videos are being released of the dayslong celebration.
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On a stage that featured a roller coaster and carousel, the rapper performed a ferocious 85-minute set.
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The performance urged listeners to join the chorus in spirit, if not in actual song.
Your Week Ahead
Hanukkah at the MFA, the Harvard Square Holiday Fair, and more.
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Though there were pleasant moments, most in the second half, this was not a highlight of the BSO’s encounters with Bach.
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This week’s picks by Globe critics.
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The Globe’s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
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The composer’s “Symphony on a Song of Love” had a serpentine history, including an appearance in Luchino Visconti’s film “The Leopard.”
Eight years after the Boston music icon’s death, Billy Ruane is finally getting a memorial.
Paula Cole has assembled a lineup that includes Meshell Ndegeocello, Shemekia Copeland, Nona Hendryx, Valerie Simpson, Terri Lyne Carrington, Doyle Bramhall II, and Don Flemons.
The singer is revisiting his self-titled debut album on its 20th anniversary and its follow-up, 2001’s “Poses.”
Hankus Netsky and Hebrew National Salvage are hosting a lively afternoon of Yiddish music in Waltham to mark the 120th anniversary of Ben Gailing’s birth.
The jam band is coming back to Massachusetts.
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It will have all the Right Stuff — and original songs — on it.
