Holiday Pops 2016 (at Symphony Hall)

Boston Globe: A celebratory kickoff night for the Holiday Pops

Margo Price, with Hugh Masterson (at Brighton Music Hall)

Boston Globe: At Brighton Music Hall, Margo Price shows she can be different things, sometimes all at once

Feature: Tegan and Sara

Boston Globe: How writing songs together changed Tegan and Sara’s sound

Jason Aldean, with Kid Rock, Thomas Rhett and A Thousand Horses (at Fenway Park)

Boston Globe: Country star Jason Aldean plays a parade of hits at Fenway

Steven Tyler and the Loving Mary Band (at the Wang Theatre)

Boston Globe: Steven Tyler was the least country part of his country show

Boston (at the Wang Theatre)

Boston Globe: Boston brings sonic heft to 40th-anniversary concert at Wang

Belly (at Royale)

Boston Globe: Reunited at Royale, Belly hits all the right notes

Feature: Gina Schock of the Go-Go's

Boston Globe: The Go-Go’s say farewell with no regrets

James Taylor, with Jackson Browne (at Fenway Park)

Boston Globe: James Taylor’s intimate songs find a home at Fenway

Coldplay, with Alessia Cara and Foxes (at Gillette Stadium)

Boston Globe: Coldplay fills sold-out Gillette Stadium with earnest energy

Outside The Box festival, featuring Zap Mama, Red Baraat and the Valerie Stephens Group (on Boston Common)

Boston Globe: On Boston Common, multicultural offerings at Outside the Box

Gwen Stefani, with Eve (at the Xfinity Center)

Boston Globe: Bitten by technical bugs, Gwen Stefani’s tour opener falls flat at Xfinity Center

Feature: Demi Lovato

Boston Globe: Demi Lovato to light up this year’s Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

(The above piece also got a cross-mention in The Weekender: Fireworks, Dylan, and a friendly giant, under the heading "LOVATO, JONAS, POPS, AND BANGS.")

Hannah Georgas, For Evelyn

Boston Globe: Hannah Georgas mixes pop sheen with mature insight on intriguing ‘Evelyn’

Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle, Colvin & Earle

Boston Globe: Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle, doing their own thing together

Meghan Trainor, Thank You

Boston Globe: On her second LP, ‘Thank You,’ Meghan Trainor expresses gratitude with attitude

Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Things That We Are Made Of

Boston Globe: Passion is muted on Mary Chapin Carpenter’s ‘The Things That We Are Made Of’

Feature: Seth MacFarlane

Boston Globe: Seth MacFarlane looks forward to opening night with the Pops

Rufus Wainwright, Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets

Boston Globe: Rufus Wainwright tackles Shakespeare in ‘Take All My Loves’

Iggy Pop (at the Orpheum)

Boston Globe: Iggy Pop shows undiminished lust for life at Orpheum