Review
Three lesser-known innovators are profiled in these intriguing picture book biographies.
Read MoreMoppa Elliott is an important jazz composer and a dynamic leader. When he brings a group to our area (which happens only rarely), do not miss the gig. When he issues a new recording, pay attention.
Read MoreCritical to the success of “Cost of Living” is playwright Martyna Majok’s refusal to resort to tropes about people with disabilities and those who care for them.
Read MoreThe Sinfonia of London and Susanna Mälkki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra release recordings filled with color and beauty.
Read MoreThis is an album that I recommend heartily to anyone who enjoys exquisite music making, stunning booklet artwork, and serious scholarship.
Read MoreThis time around, I decided to go all in and totally movie-pill myself by seeing all 12 films in the feature line-up at the expense of my own sanity. Just kidding …
Read MoreThe Cairnes brothers explore how the analog media trickery of a bygone era may illuminate our current obsession with what is real.
Read MoreThe shamefully belated release of the first recording (1992!) of “L’olimpiade,” a major work by Hasse (a renowned contemporary of Handel and Vivaldi), featuring some of the best singers of the day, including male soprano Randall K. Wong.
Read MoreBecause the upheavals of the ’60s parallel various breakdowns that are happening at the moment, “Palm Royale” turns out to be an effectively pointed lampoon, rather than just another gratuitous swipe at the upper crust.
Read MoreThis year’s Salem Film Fest spotlights the price of being a rebel.
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