The Best Classical Music Radio Stations in Boston
Where to hear classical music on Boston radio: WCRB 99.5, GBH 89.7 and the HD Radio simulcasts and rebroadcasts that carry the classics.
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A Beginner's Map to Understanding Classical Music Forms
A simple beginner's map to classical music forms: the symphony, the concerto, sonata form, string quartets and the eras that shaped them.
Where to Hear Classical Music in Boston Year-Round
A year-round guide to classical music in Boston: Symphony Hall, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops and Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory.
Different Ways to Strum a Guitar, Explained
Pick, fingers, thumb, or hybrid — each right-hand approach changes what your guitar can do.
Scale Length Explained: Why 25.5 and 24.75 Inches Feel Different
The distance from nut to bridge sets string tension, fret spacing, and how the same gauge bends — the two classic lengths are a whole playing philosophy apart.
How Often Should You Change Your Strings? The Honest Answer
String makers' published guidance lands at roughly 100 playing hours or three months for a casual player — and your ears are the final gauge.
The Right Humidity for an Acoustic Guitar, Explained
Wood expands and shrinks with the air around it, and both Martin and Taylor document what happens to a guitar outside a narrow humidity band.
Reviews
Album Reviews: How We Score Records and Why
What our rating measures, what it deliberately leaves out, and how to read it.
Reviews
How to Read a Music Review Like a Critic
Taste tells you what a writer likes. Substance tells you whether you should trust them. Here is how to tell the two apart.
Reviews
How to Test a Used Amp Before You Buy
A plain-spoken checklist for power tubes, pots, speakers, hum, and the red flags that should end the conversation.
Reviews
How to Choose a Guitar Humidifier: Specs, Prices, Trade-Offs
Two-way packets or a refillable soundhole tube? A buyer's primer built entirely from the makers' own documentation and published federal wood-moisture data.
The Cover Story: How Album Art Shapes a Record
From twelve inches of cardboard to a two-inch thumbnail, the sleeve has always been part of the music.
GBH Music Explained: What the WGBH Jazz Nights Actually Are
A free monthly jazz series in Boston — here's how it works, who plays, and what to know before you go.
How Music News Outlets Actually Work Behind the Scenes
Where the stories come from, how they get checked, and why some break early while others wait.
Small Festival Done Right: What SON Posidonia's Ten Years Teach
A 350-person festival on a Spanish island has spent a decade proving that less can be more. Here is what its model offers players and festival-goers.