Commentary
This post is the first of 17 in an ambitious series examining the traditions and realities of classical piano concertos influenced by jazz.
Truth is, the fraying of the middle class is not just something that has happened to creatives.
Highlighting the identity of artists is essential in art world journalism, but it appears to be unimportant when reporting on the artistic contributions to political street demonstrations.
It is unlikely that those who turned automatic fire on the staff of Charlie Hebdon ever read Michel Houellebecq.
The Theater J debacle points to the difficulties Jewish theater faces within the Jewish community.
The exploitation of the free labor of artists may finally have hit a critical mass in 2014, generating enough publicity to make observers righteously angry.
Theodore Dreiser’s The Titan is not the greatest novel about American business, but it is still among the best, an honorable runner-up that turned 100 this year.
It’s fun to recall what’s been played locally since January and be reminded just how rich the greater Boston area’s classical music scene really is.
Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Who Cares?
The media tools now available have brought us closer than ever to getting the amusements we want as soon as we want them, which puts all forms of art music at a serious disadvantage.
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