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Book Review: Black Food Matters — “The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food”

November 4, 2020
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The Rise is the rare cookbook that does more than offer a culinary and educational journey. It inspires.

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Film Review: More Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place? You Demanded Them — Stir-Crazy 11

November 4, 2020
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Covid-19 goes on and on. Hang tight at home, where you can relax and watch old movies. Here’s an 11th list of disparate favorites that can easily be viewed on your computer.

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Jazz Survey: Chordless Drills – A Listener’s Guide to the Saxophone Trio

November 3, 2020
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Here is a personal selection of recordings in the saxophone trio format. These linear collaborations have been part of the jazz scene for at least seventy years now. The results are almost always illuminating and exhilarating, and a review of them offers a miniature history of saxophone styles.

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Book Review: “Glitter Up the Dark” — Music and Our Understanding of Gender Identity

November 3, 2020
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Sasha Geffen takes on some heady ideas about music and gender performance, but they approach the subject with a nimble writing style.

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Opera Review: Purcell’s “Dido” — Re-made for the Lives We are Living Now

November 2, 2020
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Coming soon to your computer or cellphone: The Boston Camerata launches a bold staged performance of Purcell’s pathbreaking opera, but in a way that keeps its cast and audience safe.

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Jazz CD Reviews: Mary Halvorson and Rich Halley — Fearlessly Free

November 2, 2020
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New albums from Mary Halvorson and Rich Halley march into fresh realms of freedom.

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Television Review: “How To with John Wilson” — Fascinating Adventures on the Fly

November 1, 2020
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In this brilliant series, documentary filmmaker John Wilson captures the absurdity of life in New York.

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Film Review: “The Craft: Legacy” — Girls Just Wanna Cast Spells

November 1, 2020
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At a time when witchcraft — not to mention women’s issues of power, autonomy, and identity — is such a prominent part of our cultural conversation, it’s disappointing that The Craft: Legacy doesn’t weave a more satisfying spell.

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Classical CD Reviews: Beethoven Chamber Music, Part 1 – Goerne & Lisiecki Lieder, Paul Lewis plays the Bagatelles, and Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Violin Sonatas

October 31, 2020
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Three new discs do right by Beethoven’s chamber music.

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Music Review: The Harry Smith B-Sides: Precursor to The Harry Smith C(ensored)-Sides?

October 31, 2020
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The Atlanta-based label Dust-to-Digital would like to show us the flip side of The Anthology of American Folk Music, but they don’t like what they hear.

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