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In a taut 90 minutes, The Lifespan of a Fact zeroes in on some key issues that we’re grappling with as a country — or ought to be.
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Blue World is valuable for its pellucid recording of takes of tunes Coltrane’s fans already love. They will have to have it.
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For anyone interested in the man or that era, De Gaulle is indispensable.
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His songs have been recorded by the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Diana Krall. For many, his rank — just short of superstardom — remains a mystery. He’s just too good to be less than a household name.
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The Lyric Stage Company of Boston is giving this nostalgic hokum a spirited production.
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Johnny Hodges was originally a Cambridge/Boston guy, and one of the most interesting sections of Con Chapman biography is his knowledgeable description of the local jazz scene in the 1910’s and ’20s.
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Jethro Tull founder Ian Anderson brings the group’s classics to Medford’s Chevalier Theatre on September 11.
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We are definitely feeling a sense of Buddy haunting us, to be sure. I mean, this theater is the place he visited. He attended many, if not most, of the shows here.
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Fear Inoculum is not a bad album. It’s not a great album either, and Tool has made some great albums.
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Book Interview: Jay Wexler on the State of “Our Non-Christian Nation”
The book deals with how Atheists, Wiccans, Summums, Muslims, and Satanists “fought to have their voices heard” in communities dominated by Christians and others who were skeptical of their claim that the First Amendment applies equally to all religions.
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