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A.G. Cook’s undeniable talent shines through in spots, but the record suggests that the celebrated producer has a ways to go before stepping into his own as a solo artist.
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I am a champion of “C” movie effects, the cheaper and clunkier the better. So huzzahs for Save Yourselves! and its tacky monsters from another planet.
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Serious but not somber would be a succinct way to describe this trio’s work as heard on disc and in a powerful recent live performance.
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Pitched in this era of hyper partisanship and sharp division, The Ground Between Us is notable because of the weight and balance it gives to the issues at stake.
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Sofia Coppola’s flawed characters are part of the real world, engaged in authentic relationships struggling with universal dilemmas.
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The pathway to tyranny is paved by encouraging people to believe in the uselessness of science, logic, and expertise.
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Throughout much of his career, Louis Armstrong negotiated a balance between being a “popular” artist and a jazz artist.
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A taboo interracial romance may not be groundbreaking material for fiction, but Robinson’s spare conflicts are only the means to generate intimations of the profound in the everyday.
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Bravo to the Bru Zane folks for this latest triumph! I encourage opera lovers to get to know this treasurable Spanish (or faux-Spanish) work by the pioneering master of nineteenth-century operetta.
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Arts Remembrance: Eddie Van Halen
Not since Jimi Hendrix had there been such a game-changer for the electric six-string.
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