Music
Reviews of Todd Haynes’s documentary The Velvet Underground, Bruno Dumont’s France, a satire-drama about the news industry, and Nature, Artavazd Peleshian’s graceful parade of natural disasters.
Jim Marshall fought off all sorts of personal demons while also managing to be in the right place at the right time to get some iconic music photos.
Andris Nelsons’s conception of Strauss’s Tod und Verklärung was impressive, marked by strong contrasts of character, flexibility of phrasing, and a commendable grasp of musical space.
I’m not entirely sure if Enigma just adds up to the sum of its parts or if it, in fact, exceeds them. Either way, it is music of stirring, striking originality.
For Benjamin Zander and his musicians – as for all of us – it was a strange, even desperate, several months.
At 75, Dave Liebman pays tribute to John Coltrane by still doing what Coltrane would surely have wanted him to do: to look within and find truths that are a wellspring of rewarding and challenging music for the rest of us.
Comes Love was Sheila Jordan’s first full recording session as a leader, and it automatically becomes a collector’s item for those who love the legendary jazz singer’s work.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
This is an all-English album whose strongest moments are mighty and who’s most intriguing piece is a revelation.
Major works for saxophone in world-premiere recordings featuring virtuoso Paul Cohen and his brilliant colleagues.
Design Review: The Look of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games