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Arts Commentary: “Hamilton” — Streaming on Disney Plus,  Feeling Like You’re in the Room Where it Happened.

July 7, 2020
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The opportunity to see the culture-changing Broadway phenomenon Hamilton on Disney Plus, sucked up all the arts oxygen over the Fourth of July weekend.

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Film Review: “WBCN and the American Revolution” …. The Revolution Continues

July 6, 2020
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‘BCN left behind some big shoes, but they can be filled. And there are inspiring signs that the kids, not the grizzled veterans of last century, will do the filling.

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Film Review: Werner Herzog’s “Family Romance” — Schmaltzy, Small, and Soft

July 6, 2020
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Family Romance, LLC is a wrong-headed, inferior Herzog movie. Wake up, Werner! Oh, for a jolt of Klaus Kinski.

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Film Review: “The Truth” — It Just May Set You Free

July 6, 2020
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The Truth is simply a delightful film all around.

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Poetry Review: “Outside” — Poetry and Prose of French Writer André du Bouchet.

July 5, 2020
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Take the poems slowly, enjoy the Cage-y silences, the concentrated words as they appear.

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Jazz Album/Concert Review: Saxophonist Joe Lovano — x 2

July 5, 2020
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No matter his musical surroundings, there is never any doubt that it is Joe Lovano you are hearing.

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Classical CD Reviews: Beethoven Complete Piano Concerto Box Sets

July 5, 2020
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It’s Beethoven’s 250th birthday year: reviews of four sets of the complete piano concertos from, respectively, Paul Lewis, Stewart Goodyear, Inon Barnatan, and Stephen Hough.

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Rock Album Review: HAIM’s “Women in Music Part III” — Bright Darkness

July 4, 2020
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The Haim sisters’ third album is their best yet, full of breezy, warm, and masterfully crafted songs.

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Rap Album Review: MIKE takes on the “Weight of the World”

July 4, 2020
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Barely beyond his teenage years, MIKE still has a lot to discover about himself and the world. But he seems undaunted by the task, moving through this recording with pride and self-assurance.

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Classical CD Reviews: “Key of A,” “Metamorphosis,” and “Reminiscences of Brazil”

July 3, 2020
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An impressively original release from violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz; a tremendous Ligeti performance from the Jupiter String Quartet; Justin Badgerow releases a finely curated and played survey of mostly 20th-century solo piano music from Brazil.

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