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This week’s poem: Guillermo Parra’s “Alice Coltrane”
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Some at times sentimental observations of New Orleans’s “other” massive music confab, the French Quarter Festival.
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This disturbing and beautiful book concerns itself mostly with Israelis living in America, and Maya Arad has brought her characters and their stories to life in meaningful and unforgettable ways.
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Translator Stephen Mitchell serves Catullus best with the poems that don’t demand cleverness, where the sentiment is at least seemingly direct.
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Throughout “Out of Left Field,” Stan Isaacs revisits events he covered decades earlier, some of them as significant as the World Series, some of them as silly as frog jumping.
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“Parade”‘s power does not lie in its mystery or its revelations of combat. The work, as artist Si Lewen lays it out, surveys the absurd pomp and horror of war.
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These four sets are among five new collections of previously-unreleased music that provide crisp snapshots of renowned jazz performers in the second half of the twentieth century and precious documents of great originals in their prime.
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The music of Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir embraces the elemental, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra skillfully waded into its searching mystery.
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“We need hope in the possibility of change in order to survive what’s coming.”
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Music Commentary: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest versus French Quarter Fest
Which is the best fest? It’s up for grabs.
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