Month: July 2016
Readers inspired to take a listening journey from Gioia’s historical perspective will benefit greatly from his delineation of jazz’s various forms.
Read MoreBen Ratliff’s volume about how to listen to music is full of fairly radical but largely undefended assertions.
Read MoreApollinaire Theatre Company has expanded the possibilities of finding first-rate outdoor Shakespeare in the Boston area.
Read MoreConclusion: Woody Allen is, and long long has been, an aged fart.
Read MoreA meta-documentary shows us what viewers really want from the genre, and how problematic that can be.
Read MoreWhat are documentaries supposed do . . . and not do?
Read MoreThe performances by Ange Dargent and Théophile Baquet could not be better.
Read MoreVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike goes on about a half hour too long, but the quality of the acting overcomes the longueurs.
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Book Review and Commentary: Testaments to the Wonderful Ears of Ralph J. Gleason
A writer has to write for the now or to write for the ages. Gleason almost always chose the now, but his best moments go deeper.
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