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Film Reviews: 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films — Documentary 

February 23, 2023
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A critical look at 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary showcase..

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

February 23, 2023
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Here’s this week’s poem.

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Concert Review: Skylark Vocal Ensemble — Still Thrilling After All These Years

February 22, 2023
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The program was a delight, especially for those, like this reviewer, who, for years, have yearned to visit Paris again. Aurally, Skylark flew us there.

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Opera Album Review: A Marvelous New Recording of Rossini’s “The Silken Ladder”– at a Bargain Price

February 22, 2023
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Rossini’s one-act opera from 1812 rings fresh changes on a host of comic-opera clichés.

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Jazz Album Review: “Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section” — Unquenchable Talent

February 21, 2023
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This Craft reissue is welcome for the presence and distinctness of its sound, and for the state-of-the-art playing. Art Pepper will be going through my head for days.

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Jazz Concert Review: Jason Moran and the Big Bandwagon Pay Splendid Homage to “One of the Original Big Bangs in Black Music”

February 21, 2023
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Jason Moran, as virtuoso pianist and bandleader, enacted all of jazz history at the keyboard, from ragtime to no time, as the saying goes.

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Television Review: “Hello Tomorrow!” — Moon Over Miasma

February 21, 2023
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You don’t see this often on commercial TV: a nihilistic expose of consumerism.

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Music Interview: YouTube Algorithm Causes Major Disruption to Jazz Video Guy, Bret Primack

February 18, 2023
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Bret Primack explains how YouTube has basically nuked the Jazz Video Guy channel. And the same thing is happening to other content creators.

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Film Review: Director Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Color Bind — Restored

February 18, 2023
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Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski’s marvel universe explored in Three Colors.

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Opera Album Review: Still Haunting After All These Years — Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw”

February 17, 2023
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A new recording of Benjamin Britten’s remarkable 1954 opera packs considerable ghostly punch.

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