Interview

Music Interview: Disco Biscuits Redux — “Revolution in Motion”

March 10, 2024
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The Disco Biscuits improvisations are not driven by a guitar-rock root: they are more apt to dive into a piece of classical music and then ease into a propulsive dance-club beat that eventually swerves into Zappa-style brainy grime.

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Classical Music Concert Preview: Cappella Clausura to Perform Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D

March 2, 2024
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Mass in D was Ethel Smyth’s first large-scale score and, according to Cappella Clausura conductor Amelia LeClair, the composition expressed her yearning for hope and redemption.

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Film Interview: Director Nancy Savoca on “Household Saints”

January 3, 2024
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In the spirit of revisiting this unsung indie classic, here’s an interview the critic did with director Nancy Savoca in 1993, when Household Saints was part of the Boston Film Festival.

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Film Interview: Director Wim Wenders Talks About Reinventing Filmmaking

December 31, 2023
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Director Wim Wenders discusses two new films about art and toilets.

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Musician Interview: “Terry Gibbs Plays Jewish Melodies In Jazztime” turns 60

December 29, 2023
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The album’s explicit mix of modern jazz and klezmer set a template that is still being used by many of today’s most prominent Jewish music experimentalists.

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Music Interview: Lukas Nelson on the Rollicking and Rowdy “Sticks and Stones”

November 19, 2023
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Count on Lukas Nelson + POTR to approach whatever they perform with conviction

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Author Interview: Critic Jim Sullivan on 45 Years of Modern Rock Chats & Rants

November 10, 2023
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An interview with veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan, who just dropped “Backstage & Beyond: Volume 2: 45 Years of Modern Rock Chats & Rants” in October.

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Author Interview: Heather Cox Richardson on “Democracy Awakening”

September 22, 2023
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“The book in many ways is a defense of liberalism. It’s a defense of the idea that that’s really what the government should do in a democracy. The liberal consensus is what happens when you actually let people vote.”

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Country Music Feature: Talking with Legendary Singer/Songwriter Peter Rowan

August 13, 2023
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Peter Rowan’s far-reaching view of bluegrass is inspired by his deft intertwining of music and spirituality.

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Arts Interview: Author and Editor Mark Jay Mirsky on Writing, Reading, and Literary Friendships

August 5, 2023
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“For a writer the important thing is to write. The second important thing is the resonance of a reaction, a response. Without an audience, you’re basically locked in your cavern.”

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