Interview
Boston was first introduced to ensemble taiko in 1975, when members of the Japanese group Kodō crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon and moments later performed.
Read More“The kids in Boston accepted us unconditionally, and we hung out with everyone out there—Barrence Whitfield, the Bristols, the Del Fuegos.”
Read MoreA country maverick talks about becoming a bluegrass traditionalist.
Read More“To say that the occult ‘saved’ it is really to say that the spiritual agitation is at the heart of what was able to bring rock ‘n’ roll to its most interesting places.”
Read MoreGeorge Fifield has been pushing the conceptual ball called contemporary digital and intermedia art up a hill for decades.
Read More“It’s not depressing to be told that writers and artists are getting screwed. It’s our daily reality.”
Read More“The pain depicted on stage must cut to the bone, inspire a seemingly impossible empathy within me, within the audience.”
Read More“My first order of business is to do a listening tour. I will have the same question for everyone I meet: what do you need to do your work?”
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Arts Interview: America’s Arts Economy — Future Tragically Imperfect
Over the next two decades, slow-creeping climate change is coming to the arts in America — the arctic ice on which the creative class stands is melting.
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