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Country Music CD Review: “We Shall All Be Reunited: The Bristol Sessions, 1927 & 1928” — Revising Musical History

Producer Ted Olson is on a mission in We Shall Be Reunited to do justice to the past; he imagines a beautiful alternative to the current ballyhooed origin story of country music.

By: Jeremy Ray Jewell Filed Under: Music, Popular Music, Review, Uncategorized Tagged: 1927 & 1928, coutnry music, Ted Olson, the Bristol Session, We Shall All Be Reunited: The Bristol Sessions

Poetry Review: “Field Music” — Lyrical Visions of Hardscrabble Vermont

The voice in Field Music is disciplined, its cagey earthiness unfailingly engaging our attention.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Uncategorized Tagged: Alexandria Hall, Field Music, Poetry, Vermont

Jazz Album Review: The Royal Bopsters — A Polished “Party of Four”

This recording displays a mastery of the techniques of the jazz vocal group genre.

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Review, Uncategorized Tagged: Motéma, Royal Boppers, Steve Provizer

Arts Remembrance: Eddie Van Halen

Not since Jimi Hendrix had there been such a game-changer for the electric six-string.

By: Paul Robicheau Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Music, Rock, Uncategorized Tagged: Eddie Van Halen, Paul Robicheau, Van Halen

Visual Arts Review: “Blane De St. Croix: How to Move a Landscape” — Facing the Horrific Sublime

The art of Blane De St. Croix comes at the viewer via a multivalent attack on the staggering challenges posed by irreparable climate change.

By: Charles Giuliano Filed Under: Featured, Review, Uncategorized, Visual Arts Tagged: Blane De St. Croix: How To Move a Landscape, MassMOCA

Film Review: An Exquisitely Haunting “Amulet”

This debut film from Romola Garai is to be commended on all levels: its technical proficiency, its aesthetic beauty, its affecting and unusual story, and its stand out performances.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Uncategorized Tagged: Alec Secareanu, Amulet, Romola Garai

Recommendations in Black Cinema

“Black is beautiful. Black isn’t power. Knowledge is power. You can be black as a crow or white as snow but if you don’t know and you ain’t got no dough, you can’t go and that’s for sho’. — Bookstore owner Lewis H. Michaux from Black Power Mixtape Once the Black Lives Matter demonstrations began, lists of […]

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Uncategorized

Recommended Video Film Essays

Some of the of best sites amusing, scholarly, and entertaining video-essays. NELSON CARVAJAL – Written by s creative longtime video-essayist DAVID BROADWELL – Broadwell is a prolific author and critic of film and film history. This an extremely through site with videos and essays: an entire education FANDOR – Fandor maintains an excellent YouTube site. […]

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Uncategorized

Recommended Online Platforms

PREMIUM MOVIE CHANNELS MUBI For a monthly fee Mubi offers a new film every day — and it stays up for 30 days. So there are always 30 hand-picked films to watch or download. The wild and wonderful selection includes forgotten, cult, foreign, and experimental films as well as award-winning masterpieces. A highlight: curator Nicolas […]

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Uncategorized

Local Film Theaters — Recommended Coming Attractions

LOCAL THEATERS While films are available on multiple platforms (see below) listed here are the latest offerings to purchase from local theaters, sales that will help support local struggling institutions. COOLIDGE CORNER THEATER Coolidge Corner, Brookline WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES One sunny day, four young strangers—Hikari, Ikuko, Ishi, and Takemura—meet by chance at a crematorium. […]

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged: Brattle Theatre, Coolidge Corner Cinema, Coolidge Corner moviehouse

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