Singer and songwriter Robin Lane talks about the genesis of her new album. She will be performing live around New England with a new ensemble.
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Film Review: Claire Denis’s “Stars At Noon” — A Romance Novel Elevated by Auteurist Flourishes
The action, as it were, is mostly the exhaustively filmed grappling of two beautiful people in no-star motels.
Classical Album Review: Khachaturian Piano Music
Soviet Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, at his best, was compelling. Granted, he wasn’t working at this level in every piece. But most of his bigger works are better than not.
Book Review: “Two Nurses, Smoking” — A Skillful Take on the Times
Many of the short stories in Two Nurses, Smoking are genuinely accomplished, and worth investigating.
Theater Review: “Ada and the Engine” — A Free-Spirited Young Female Math Wiz in Victorian England
You don’t have to be a math wiz to enjoy Lauren Gunderson’s engaging historical drama, which has been effectively staged by director Debra Wise.
Classical Album Review: Composer Derek Bermel’s “Intonations” — Turning Acerbity and Complexity on Their Heads
For Derek Bermel fans, Intonations is a must. For new music enthusiasts and the otherwise curious – ditto.
Culture Commentary: World War II Was a Race War, and It Isn’t Over
It isn’t exactly news that the genocide of Native Americans was a model for Hitler, but it hit with fresh force in The U.S. and the Holocaust.
Music Interview: Chatting With Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook
“I remember playing the Rathskeller. I think that was the second gig we had in the US. I remember what a dive that was. I remember how really exciting it was to be there. Just the promise, the potential.”
Book Review: “Dinners With Ruth” — Always Nice But Rarely Incisive
Like a Hallmark movie, Dinners with Ruth is an engaging and entertaining story, with episodes of great pathos. It is an upbeat, easy-to-read gift book, which is undoubtedly what its publisher intended.
Film Review: Wait for It… “Hold Your Fire”
At a time when the nation is taking stock of the failures of our history of urban policing and looking for some new approaches, the lessons of Hold Your Fire are needed more urgently than ever.