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Music Interview: From Bass Goddess to Singer/Songwriter — Tal Wilkenfeld

May 24, 2019
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With the release of her second solo album, Tal Wilkenfeld has become more than a bass virtuoso: she’s a sensitive songwriter, expressive singer, and capable guitarist.

Film Interview: “Ira Gitler Lives” — From Bret Primack, Jazz Documentarian Extraordinaire

April 24, 2019
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“The half-hearted support of jazz by American broadcast TV, be it commercial or PBS or cable, has been an insult not only to the artists, but to the public as well.”

Music Interview/Review: Nervous Eaters – Back for Another Helping

April 23, 2019
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Luckily for us, after playing the occasional electrifying concert date over the years, Nervous Eaters is reuniting once again.

Theater Interview: Playwright Paula Vogel on “Indecent” and a Love of Yiddish

April 22, 2019
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“Yiddish is above all a language of yearning, a language of anxiety.”

Classical Music Interview: Cellist Steven Isserlis

April 18, 2019
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The cellist is a member of a tribe of fabulous players/singers who are funny, thoughtful, opinionated, brilliant, and irreverent.

Arts Remembrance: RIP Agnès Varda — The Most Important Woman Filmmaker Ever?

March 29, 2019
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“The world is in very bad shape, but cinema in a way is a peaceful life.” — Agnès Varda

Book Interview: “Bad Environmentalism” — Laughing at Gloom and Doom

March 17, 2019
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Mainstream environmentalism is not just serious and sanctimonious, it also happens to be very white and very heteronormative.

Rock Interview: The Flesh Eaters Redux

March 11, 2019
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The Flesh Eaters have returned with renewed vitality, after it hit some troughs and sputtered to a near stop.

Book Interview: Tina Cassidy on the Woman Who Made Women’s Sufferage Happen

March 3, 2019
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Tina Cassidy talks about her revealing and enjoyable new book about how a woman’s right to vote became enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.

Author Interview: Writer Clive James — Writing Against the Dying of the Light

March 1, 2019
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Imagine a combination of Stephen Colbert (the real one, that is) and John Updike.

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