Interview
“We need hope in the possibility of change in order to survive what’s coming.”
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It’s not hyperbole to suggest that Dan O’Brien’s “True Story: A Trilogy” represents a distinctive achievement in theater history.
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The renowned duo of Jay Ungar and Molly Mason perform what has been called American Roots music. But they’ve also been known to include traditional folk and ’40s jazz.
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The alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician was slowed down during the COVID years — but now he is back.
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The Disco Biscuits improvisations are not driven by a guitar-rock root: they are more apt to dive into a piece of classical music and then ease into a propulsive dance-club beat that eventually swerves into Zappa-style brainy grime.
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Mass in D was Ethel Smyth’s first large-scale score and, according to Cappella Clausura conductor Amelia LeClair, the composition expressed her yearning for hope and redemption.
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In the spirit of revisiting this unsung indie classic, here’s an interview the critic did with director Nancy Savoca in 1993, when Household Saints was part of the Boston Film Festival.
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Director Wim Wenders discusses two new films about art and toilets.
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The album’s explicit mix of modern jazz and klezmer set a template that is still being used by many of today’s most prominent Jewish music experimentalists.
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Count on Lukas Nelson + POTR to approach whatever they perform with conviction
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Jazz Perspective: Zev Feldman – A Sherlock of a Producer with an Impressive Portfolio