Cliché and hyperbole have drained the power of the music review, in terms of influence or insight. But the might of the music review was also punctured when most-every listener steadily attained the ...

One of the few payoffs of the early days of the pandemic was that it gave many musicians an opportunity to go through their archives to see what treasures they might find. High Strung bassist Chad ...

Hidden under the High Strung music shop on Durham’s Ninth Street, the Gadow Guitar factory buzzes with activity and ambition. The noise of sanding and the loud hum of the exhaust fan are constant.

A studious, tightly wound square. The stubborn, pouty-lipped rebel. Where would the dance film be without these opposing archetypes coming together to ace the climactic performance that will meld ...

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There is an unintentionally hilarious moment at the start of “High Strung” in which a shirtless male violinist (Nicholas Galitzine) plays music furiously in bed after waking up; “If it stays trapped ...

Chalk it up to too many hours spent as a teenager lurking around music shops and poring over guitar-geek magazines, but when a guitar sound stirs the plasma in my veins, it usually fits into one of ...

Technically, it’s true. But it’s difficult to call Josh Malerman’s Bird Box a debut novel. On one hand, crowds have heard Malerman’s yarns before—just in condensed, three-minute bursts from his band, ...

Reprising the most cloying aspects of performance vehicles like “Fame” and the “In Step” franchise without bringing any fresh beats to the “Glee”-club, “High Strung” wears its tired ...