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Ralph P. Locke

Opera Preview: Donizetti’s “The Pariah” — One of the Most Significant Opera Releases of the Past Few Years

The long-forgotten Il paria (1829), a work that Donizetti himself prized more highly than many of his other works, has now been reconstructed by a scholarly team and given a splendid recording.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Preview Tagged: " Opera Rara, Albina Shagimuratova, Donizetti, Gaetano Donizetti, Il paria, Sir Mark Elder

WATCH CLOSELY: “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” Ends on a Sentimental Note

I will miss Chilling Adventures of Sabrina more than I may care to admit.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Peg Aloi

Album Review: “Man on the Moon III: The Chosen” — Kid Cudi Finds Himself, Again

Occasional slip-ups shouldn’t obscure appreciation of Kid Cudi’s fantastic vocal performance.

By: Alex Szeptycki Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Alex Szeptycki, Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon III: The Chosen

Opera Album Review: Leonardo “no-dah” Vinci’s “Gismondo” — Quite Wonderful Stuff, Splendidly Performed.

Lovers of Baroque opera will want to scoop this one up quickly. I certainly have more respect and affection for Leonardo Vinci, now that I’ve come to know several of his operas.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: (oh!) Orkiestra Historyczna, Gismondo, Leonardo Vinci, Parnassus, Ralph P. Locke, re di Polonia

Book Review: “The Ocean House” — Infiltrating the Beachheads of Memory

Mary-Beth Hughes’s penetrating glimpses into the depths of her characters’ lives make us more deeply aware of our own.

By: David Daniel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Atlantic Monthly Press, David Daniel, Mary-Beth Hughes, The Ocean House

Music Remembrance: MF DOOM — The Artist as Supervillain

The sonic thumbprint of MF DOOM will live eternally in the forensics of hip-hop DNA and underground culture as a whole.

By: J. A. Bayer Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music Tagged: MF Doom

Book Review: “How 1984 Became Pop’s Blockbuster Year”

Music fans who miss, or missed, the long party that was mainstream music in the mid-’80s will be skillfully taken back to fast times in Can’t Slow Down.

By: Chelsea Spear Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Can’t Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop’s Blockbuster Year, Chelsea Spear, Michael Jackson, Michaelangelo Matos

Book Review: “I Died a Million Times” — Upwardly Mobile in Film Noir

I Died a Million Times is an enjoyable and informative read for film noir aficionados and casual movie fans alike, offering a cogent analysis of ’50s gangster noir as a cinema of social commentary.

By: Nicole Veneto Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film, Review Tagged: I Died a Million Times, Nicole Veneto, Robert Miklitsch., University of Illinois Press

Book Review: “Desert Oracle” — Dwelling on the Fringe

Desert Oracle is an omnibus, a kind of hand drawn map, as well as a bit of a crackup — something you will peruse and possibly find the route leading to a deeper dive.

By: Drew Hart Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Desert Oracle, Drew Hart, Ken Layne

Book Review: “Savage Kiss” — Children’s Criminal Crusade

Maybe the greatest value of Saviano’s narratives is that they rebuke the complicity of silence; they are acts of dissent that refuse to kowtow to the oppressive omertà.

By: Lucas Spiro Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Lucas Spiro, Roberto Saviano, Savage Kiss

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