Music
Tony Bennett was not only a singular artist. He was, by all accounts, a mensch: an early supporter of the civil rights struggle and participant in innumerable benefits, he was a generous mentor.
A prize-winning revival of a politically rambunctious, often-entertaining opera from ’60s East Germany
These young musicians clearly embrace their roots, but there is no denying that this is a forward-looking troupe, one that flashes no pretensions as it blows your mind.
In any form, any format, anytime and any place, the presence of Russ Gershon is an imprimatur of exciting, eclectic, and innovative music.
Black and openly queer women are not allowed in the Nashville club. Secretly gay white men are not doing too badly, though.
Lost amid a flood of new music in the early ’70s, the three lps under review here never received their due.
Eventually, former Oasis leader Noel Gallagher gave everyone (including the diehards) what they really came to hear: Oasis banger after Oasis banger. B-sides, album tracks, and stripped down versions of the classics.
It’s easy to mythologize “The Days of Wine and Roses” because this album documents a band whose lineup splintered almost immediately.
First presented in 1813, “Les Abencérages” displays the mastery and inventiveness of the renowned composer of the opera “Medea.”
Arts Remembrance: Tony Bennett (1926-2023)
Tony Bennett’s enthusiasm for life and music was persuasive, even when it seems outsized.
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