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Jazz Album Review: Pablo Ablanedo’s “Chistreza” — Rhythmic Bounty

July 18, 2020
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Every piece here seems to play by its own rhythmic rules, and yet nowhere does the music sound academic or formal.

Album Review: “Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again” — Kacy Hill Goes Intimate

July 18, 2020
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Freed from the pressures of recording for a major label, Kacy Hill has created an album that feels surprisingly personal.

Concert Review: Billy Strings’s Streaming Strings Tour — Virtual but Unbridled

July 18, 2020
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If the first set was all about reminding us the breadth and depth of the talent in Billy Strings’ combo, the second set was all about dynamics and power.

Television Review: “Bully. Coward. Victim: The Story of Roy Cohn” — A Soulless Man

July 17, 2020
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Roy Cohn was much more pernicious than Joe McCarthy because he was far more adept at undercutting the relevance of so-called American values.

Book Review: “Utopia Avenue” — A Broken Record?

July 17, 2020
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These days, I worry that David Mitchell is losing touch with reality.

Television Review: ” I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” — True Crime, with Empathy for the Victims

July 16, 2020
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To its credit, this “true crime” documentary treats the tragedy of each victim with empathy and respect.

Dance Review: José Limón Company at Jacob’s Pillow — Empowering and Necessary

July 14, 2020
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Kudos to Jacob’s Pillow for this stellar beginning to a digital season of dance.

Arts Commentary: Reviewing Music, Re-viewed

July 14, 2020
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Our opera-loving reviewer contrasts his own pieces, written 48 years apart, on the same Offenbach operetta.

Arts Reconsideration: “Pinocchio” at 80

July 12, 2020
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Now that the real live boy is an old man, how’s he holding up in 2020?

Film Review: “Relic” — The Future Is Female, and So Is the Past

July 11, 2020
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Relic draws on the debilitations of both time and space: the inevitable aging of the body and the places we call home, the inescapable repositories of memories, regrets, and the unknown.

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