Interview
In choreographer Rachel Linsky’s hands — and the bodies of her articulate, reverberating dancers — you gain both kinesthetic and emotional access to the worlds of those who lived the Holocaust.
“I always say if you want to write a blues album, have a nice bad breakup!”
“It’s up to us to remind those making music today to never forget those pioneers. I always say if it wasn’t for R&B, jazz, and gospel there’d be no Elvis, Beatles, or the Rolling Stones.”
Suzanne Vega is many things: a singer/songwriter, musician, poet, author, entrepreneur, playwright, and actress. A number of her personas are converging right now.
Do we feel the environment breakdown in our gut? Will people looking back see art that conveyed the existential threat of the emergency?
Being part of the sprawling I Am the Moon endeavor has been deeply satisfying for this one-time solo traveler. “I’m proud of what we did,” Gabe Dixon said. “I put a lot of myself into this project.”
“A lot of people don’t know about this fire today. It’s not really well-known as part of the city’s history.”
Chaos and anarchy are embedded in Angelo Madsen Minax’s hybrid cinema of survival, acceptance and transcendence.
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.
Translator Interview: John Taylor on Philippe Jaccottet
“We have entered an age of unequivocal partisan discourse, of linguistic robotization, of tiny symbols standing for complex emotions. In total contrast to this, Philippe Jaccottet’s writing constantly shows nuance, attentiveness, perseverance, circumspection, and a genuine quest for essential truths.”
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