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Globe writers pick their favorites.

These are Globe music writers’ favorites of 2023, 50 long-players spanning pop, jazz, hip-hop, rock, country, world music, Americana, and even a few less-definable genres.

More than 70 years ago, the Lions Club of New Brunswick co-founded the Home News Tribunes Needy Cases Fund with a vision of helping the disadvantaged

HomeFront: Fun now for stir-crazy families, music later for picnicking at Tanglewood By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated April 9, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Brandy starred in a 1997 version of Rodgers and Hammersteins "Cinderella."Randee St. Nicholas/Disney Welcome once again to HomeFront, where we’re happily surrendering to a wicked case of spring fever. We’re busy fantasizing about theaters, auditoriums, arenas, museums, galleries, restaurants, bars, and all manner o...

HomeFront: 4 stars for ‘Nomadland,’ tween-friendly TV, remembering comedian Patrice O’Neal By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated February 18, 2021, 6:57 p.m. Email to a Friend Welcome back to HomeFront, where we’re listening to metal and punk covers of “Let It Snow” (surprisingly soothing) and thinking about a Laura Ingalls Wilder book other than “The Long Winter” for a change. This time it’s “Farmer Boy,” in which Almanzo’s fat...

HOMEFRONT HomeFront: Albums and books of the year, Pixar with ‘Soul,’ gifts to order now for immediate delivery By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated December 23, 2020, 8:36 p.m. Email to a Friend “Folklore” and “Evermore” landed Taylor Swift on the Globes list of the top pop albums of the year.Beth Garrabrant/Universal Music Group Welcome once again to HomeFront, where prehistoric solstice rituals are currently resonating more than any tradition cooked up si...