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Concert halls are dark. Big arenas and small clubs are closed. Outdoor venues canceled their usual summer series. This hasn’t been a great year for live music. But that didn’t keep local musicians from staging streamed shows in their living rooms or from releasing new recordings. And throughout it all, they still loved talking about music. To mark the end of 2020, here’s a selection of quotes from some New England-based players about their personal – some of them very personal – experiences with music and performance. Vance Gilbert on audiences “I’ve always been made for the sta...

• Dec 14, 2020 Despite a global pandemic, there continued to be a steady stream of global sounds throughout 2020. And if we couldn’t travel literally, perhaps more of us will be inclined to do so musically and discover some of the great work that musicians from all around the world have to offer. This year you could travel the Silk Road from one end — with the Chinese band Manhu and Mongolian ensemble Khusugtun — to the other — with Turkish oud player Mehmet Polat — or explore the whole route with 3,14 (whose 2020 release takes its title from the scientific name for th...