Boston remains a place where strong musicianship and songwriting are greatly valued. WBUR music writer Noah Schaffer shares 14 albums that prove just that, from jazz, Celtic-tinged folk, Sephardic ...

We asked Boston Globe music writers to ... Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme,” the latest album from this South African pianist is made up not of songs but movements: “Libations,” “Water ...

cover-song vibe. He allowed us the space to have fun. He’s really good about nurturing that creative, fun environment.” The band didn’t want to do an album of covers. “The writing was the ...