Review
Violist Timothy Ridout’s new double-album “A Lionel Tertis Celebration” is heartily recommended; soprano Asmik Grigorian’s “Laws of Solitude” not so much.
This is a small show, only 18 pieces, but each drew me into thinking about what I was seeing and, simultaneously, how the artist made it.
“Drive-Away Dolls” is the worst Coen brother movie ever made.
“Wheatley at 250” poignantly responds to the poet’s voice and experiences in order to help us understand ourselves in the 21st century.
Cat Power transformed Dylan’s songs across a 90-minute set that appeared organically studied, slightly unsettled, and ultimately sublime, as the singer rode the arc from a shadowy “She Belongs to Me” to an exultant “Like a Rolling Stone.”
“Drums & Demons” is at times frustratingly unclear on dates, but its research is comprehensive about the brilliant career and disasterous end of drummer Jim Gordon.
For a light-hearted take on some serious issues, “Waiting for Al Gore” delivers.
“Lisa Frankenstein” is the first delightful surprise of 2024, destined for weird girl slumber party greatness in a few years time.
The plight of refugees is given a fairy-tale treatment in “Io Capitano.”
The performance conveyed the essence of the Du Bois Orchestra’s mission: when played with exuberance, long-neglected and little-played works can generate as much excitement as they do wonder that they were ever overlooked.
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