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Once again, Tony voters proved that quality and integrity still matter.
Along with the legendary Peter Rowan, other multi-generational participants in this leg of the Sam Grisman Project tour are well versed in the bluegrass songbook.
A trio of superb albums run the stylistic gauntlet, from the traditional to the experimental.
Bottom line: for all of “The Phoenician Scheme”‘s visual glories, the whimsical portrait of a shady arms dealer who becomes a mensch in the bosom of family rings hollow — especially at the present moment.
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Over the decades, James Lee Burke has built up a distinctive and glorious body of work, and “Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie” is a notable addition to the canon and possibly his most comprehensive.
What our planet needs now is the reincarnation of a writer who, while combing through the nooks and crannies of society for painful truths, uses depictions of the present to demand future changes.
Overall, this is a satisfying production of a turn-of-the-century play that still underlines enduring economic inequity.
Let’s look at a fresh crop of collections by poets who are either born and raised or have made their homes in NOLA, stopping to admire the architecture and the scope, the heft and the breadth of their lines.
Poetry Commentary: Antigone Kefala — Voice from Another Shore
Like her sisters in the art of crystalline complexity, Australian poet and novelist Antigone Kefala persevered through years of isolation, obscurity, and critical neglect.
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