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Jazz Album Review: “Harold Land: Westward Bound!”

June 22, 2021
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Saxophonist Harold Land has been a major contributor to the rich tapestry of jazz. Check him out.

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Film Review: “Luca” — The Passions of a Sea Monster

June 22, 2021
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This Italian fairy tale is more whimsical than groundbreaking, but it has all the delights of a day at the beach.

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Short Fuse Podcast #41: Finding Home Through Song: A Conversation with Naledi Masilo

June 22, 2021
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Naledi Masilo is a South African musician who explores the beauty and power of music and song to expand our sense of place.

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Book Review: “Canceling Comedians While the World Burns” — The Case for Comediansplaining

June 22, 2021
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‘Lived experience’ doesn’t automatically confer moral or political insight, argues social critic Ben Burgis, but if we can make others laugh at that assumption we might be getting somewhere.

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Film Review: “Truman & Tennessee: an intimate conversation” — He Said, He Said

June 21, 2021
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Truman & Tennessee is a meticulously researched and edited documentary about two gay men and their differing commitments to art.

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Book Review: “Brut: Writings on Art & Artists” — Proceed with Caution, But Proceed

June 21, 2021
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These are not persuasive essays; rather, they are thought-provoking juxtapositions of facts, observations, and speculations — with a teleology.

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Visual Arts Review: “Remember the Ladies” — A Balmy Era for Women Artists in New England

June 20, 2021
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Overall, “Remember the Ladies” is a love letter to an era and to a cheerful vision of painting.

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Jazz Album Review: Superb Celebrations of the Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

June 19, 2021
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Vocalist Anaïs Reno and Mark Masters and his big band supply compelling homages to the brilliance of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

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Film Review: “The Sparks Brothers” — Playing Together, Staying Together

June 18, 2021
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Edgar Wright’s first documentary looks into why the long-lived, constantly risk-taking, dazzlingly original band Sparks remains relatively unknown.

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Rock Album Preview: Sleater-Kinney’s “Path of Wellness” — Healing Hometown

June 17, 2021
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This version of the band is less gritty and angry then back in the ’90s, but it is still identifiably anarchistic.

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