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Our awareness of our delight in the homicidal temptations presented by film is itself a kind of twisted comedy that the critic is all too aware of.
Lovers of Baroque opera will welcome this release: the first recording — and a very accomplished and communicative one —of an important opera by a pioneer and master.
This may be the year’s best ensemble cast, and that goes a long way towards making this multi-layered melodrama accessible and compelling.
“You’re always gonna be yourself, your unique self, so it’s important to incorporate the things that you really love.”
There’s a larger story to tell about black composers and musicians breaking into the film and TV business, but its only lightly touched on here.
A pair of recent books help keep the glorious spirit of Carnival alive.
A pair of beauties: an Eric Revis quintet album and a solo excursion from Chick Corea.
What comes through most resonantly in Apples is its envisioning of a society starting over, and its suggestion that a clean slate, accepted honestly, might not be the worst thing.
To be killed — as in murdered — by police you don’t necessarily have to be a person of color.
Arts Remembrance: Fred “Toots” Hibbert — Resiliency in the Face of Struggle
As anyone who is familiar with “Toots” Hibbert’s near sixty-year career could testify, he was an artist who wrote songs that were guaranteed to transcend the contexts of their particular place and moment.
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