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Concert Review: My Morning Jacket — An Evening of Mystery, Majesty, and Murk

September 18, 2022
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The veteran band from Louisville, Kentucky, kicked into the millennium with a wild and woolly mix of Southern rock, alt-country, space-prog, and electro-funk that grew weirder over time.

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Arts Remembrance: Eric Jackson, Boston’s Voice of Jazz (1950-2022)

September 17, 2022
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Longtime GBH host Eric Jackson passed away earlier this morning.

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At the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival — A Realistic Satire from Brazil, A Farce from Palestine

September 16, 2022
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At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, there were celebrities, studio premieres and plenty of films with modest budgets that vied for attention.

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Poetry Review: Helena Minton’s “Paris Paint Box” — Filled with Delight and Wisdom

September 16, 2022
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Poet Helena Minton deserves our attention; her verse is grounded in a close observation of nature and a love of language.

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Concert Review: The High Standards of Michael Formanek’s Elusion Quartet

September 16, 2022
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To hear free music so beautifully contained and expressed in such inventive forms isn’t unheard of (Henry Threadgill? Vijay Iyer? Wadada Leo Smith?). But bassist Michael Formanek has his own way.

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Film Review: Geek Out in “Moonage Daydream.” Oh, Yeah!

September 15, 2022
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A new documentary artfully and excitingly suggests what made David Bowie tick.

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Book Review: “Yoga” – A Valiant But Flawed Exercise in Overthinking

September 15, 2022
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Emmanuel Carrère’s novel powerfully satirizes intellectual pretension but at the expense of engaging storytelling.

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Book Review: Steve Reich’s “Conversations” — Something Special

September 15, 2022
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At its best, Steve Reich’s Conversations is illuminating and engaging, an honest discussion of the creative process by one of the major composers of our times.

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WATCH CLOSELY: Post-Emmy Recommendations

September 14, 2022
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Television is the new art cinema, chock full of superb examples of storytelling across multiple genres.

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Book Review: “Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop Music: A History” — An Enlightening Learning Experience

September 14, 2022
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A lot of history is jammed into this book, but the author manages to ruminate in an informative and engrossing way on 50-plus years of pop music.

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