A match has been held to the fuse of the powder keg that is the Boston Music Awards. With the fire starting to crackle, allow us to fan the flames …

[I]n a city with as many musicians, singer-songwriters, and bands as Boston, where talent is drawn from all over the country and all over the world by Berklee College Of Music, New England conservatory, and numerous other colleges, it’s peculiar that the BMA cannot vary its list a lot more from year to year. — Bill Copeland

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