Interview
Though John Pizzarelli has written and recorded his own material, his specialty has always been embracing and interpreting the tunes of the giants and legends and making them his own.
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Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains and I talked about the making of his latest recording, his most recent two solo albums versus his previous two, and his thoughts about his Boston fans.
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With 12 studio albums and myriad EPs to his band’s credit, Stuart Murdoch can now boast, not that he’s the type to do so, of being a published novelist.
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Predictably, Chuck Prophet’s brand of rustic rock ’n’ roll gets a bit of a makeover by the members of the Cumbia band ¿Qiensave? But let me reassure you — this is another gem of a Prophet album.
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“There are no weak spots; I feel happy and confident with how every song came out.”
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The Rabbis Go South tells the story of a little-known episode in the fight for desegregation: 16 rabbis were invited by Martin Luther King to be part of the 1964 civil rights march in St. Augustine, Florida.
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The film is a testament not just to the resilience and courage of Ukrainians in the face of brutal aggression and the threat of genocide but to the power of art to transcend tragedy and injustice.
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“For me, having new material to play — that’s the best. If you’re on tour, you are presenting a new album and people are psyched because you are playing some of that stuff live.”
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Now, at least through mid-December, bassist Tony Levin – also a prolific photographer and blogger on tour — remains happy recasting King Crimson dreams each night with Beat
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Theater Reviews – A Musical Mixed Bag on Broadway
Capsule reviews of five new musicals that opened this month on Broadway.
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