We were both English-speaking ex-patriots living in Istanbul, and John Ash’s poetry spoke eloquently to that shared experience.
Commentary
Music Commentary: New Media, Jazz, and Camille Bertault
Camile Bertault is an uncommon talent. She has a crystalline voice, good intonation, understands the rhythmic and harmonic underpinnings of jazz and has a prodigious memory.
Music Commentary: Grumbling About The Grammy Awards
After 61 years – and a slew of rule changes and category alterations – the Grammys remain the most philistine of our major shiny statue ceremonies.
Book Commentary: “La patria y la muerte” — Exposing Mexican “Greatness”
José Luis Trueba Lara’s anti-popularist history is the truest kind of people’s history.
Arts Commentary: WBUR’s Clogged “ARTery”
Every organization in the Barr Foundation’s charmed circle — large arts groups and The ARTery — have a financial stake in reinforcing the belief that the Barr’s money is being put to supremely successful use.
Book Review: A Biography of John Berger — A Seminal Artist and Thinker
If you have not read John Berger, by the end of this biography you’re likely to feel an urgent need to pick up one of his books.
Top Classical Concerts and Recordings of 2019
Classical music continued to thrive, locally and globally, in 2019.
Film Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2019
Our demanding critics choose the best (and the most disappointing) films of the year.
Music and Concert Favorites 2019
Our expert music critics serve up their usual highly eclectic round-up of the year’s most memorable.
Visual Arts Favorites 2019
Our critics sound off on some of their most striking visual art experiences this year.