I didn't know I needed the new Billy Joel documentary
NPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his music in her own.
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'Dear Summer: Volume 3' returns to highlight more emerging artists and DJs
The citywide mixtape features six DJs and 17 up-and-coming and established artists from the Greater Boston area.
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Unpacking museum cyberattacks, Mickey Mouse and movies on 'The Culture Show'
A cyberattack hit museums across the country, including the Museum of Fine Arts right here in Boston. Jared Bowen, Edgar B Herwick III and Callie Crossley discuss it and other headlines from this week in arts. -
Jeremy Eichler explores music as memory in new book, 'Time's Echo'
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The New Bedford Whaling Museum's annual "Moby Dick" marathon happens this weekend, and Amanda McMullen is on The Culture Show to walk us through it. Then, comedy duo The Good Liars and Amanda Shea.
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