Review
Children will delight in two books that celebrate creativity and imagination, and one that shows a new way of seeing the world through maps.
Ya gotta understand — corporate assholes are like Sauron’s boss, Morgoth. They are incapable of creation. They can only appropriate and warp, like how Morgoth appropriated and warped Elves to create Orcs.
Both Stereophonic and Babemake compelling drama out of the volatile world of pop music-making.
A look at three exhibitions by New England artists who are concerned about climate change and gun violence.
“What Comes from the Night’ testifies to John Taylor’s complex bond with nature, a generous alliance that includes moments of introspection and melancholy.
The aim is to evoke, critically, a period when adventure, for men, was about running away to Cuba or going on Kerouac-inspired road trips.
“Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 4” is rich in what too many box sets skimp on: a wide-ranging spread of live recordings. In this case, they demonstrate how Mitchell’s songs evolved on stage as well as in the studio, documenting a genius at work.
“Cookin’ at the Queens” is an invaluable addition to the legacy of guitarist Emily Remler.
As usual, Elemental’s pressings are pristine and the packaging is artful and informative, with new photos.
A staging of “The Thanksgiving Play” needs to be rooted in the dramatist’s demand that the script shock: it should traumatize the ancestors of the perpetrators.
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