Month: May 2016
Three superb albums: two focusing on works by Brahms, one featuring Hans Abrahamsen’s meditation on Shakespeare’s Ophelia.
Read More“My hope is that in the near future the mainstream music pendulum will swing much more heavily towards giving jazz the attention it deserves.”
Read MoreDay of the Dead upends stereotypes and expectations, providing a compelling, exploratory trip through the Grateful Dead songbook.
Read MoreEditors Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue are not trying to teach us how to read the poems.
Read MoreThere’s nothing quite like a Chandler Travis Philharmonic show.
Read MoreGhosts seems to be trying to be all things to all listeners — edgy, nostalgic, farcical, adventuresome.
Read MoreYou may have read similar earlier works, but Dominic Smith’s novel is in a class of its own.
Read MoreA Bigger Splash has a pleasing richness wherein the sensual elements bind the individual characters to each other, and to nature.
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Music Commentary: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest versus French Quarter Fest