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Film Review: The Ventures and The Shadows — Guitar-Driven Instrumental Bands Get the Documentary Treatment

May 13, 2021
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A pair of documentaries about the most popular guitar-driven instrumental bands of all time.

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Book Review: Biographies of Lou Reed and Warren Zevon — Satisfying Lives of Singular Talents

November 15, 2019
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Two recent biographies take very different approaches as they revel in the wild lives and examine the distinctive songs of two of rock music’s most enigmatic figures: Lou Reed and Warren Zevon.

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Film Review: “By the Grace of God” — The Human Cost of Abuse

October 24, 2019
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Despite some glimmers of hope, By the Grace of God will not be an easy film for anyone — for loyal believers, for those disillusioned by the church, for anyone who has suffered from abuse.

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Poetry Review: The Verse of Rowan Ricardo Phillips — Let’s Get Weaponized?

April 20, 2020
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Rowan Ricardo Phillips attempts to combine a woke perspective with his vast knowledge of poetry from the past.

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Fuse Dance Review: Boston Ballet—Mahler Multiplex

October 24, 2015
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My overall impression of the ballet was of earnest pretension.

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Concert Review: Audra McDonald — Another Fabulous Performance

April 16, 2018
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There were the inevitable crowd-pleasers on which Audra McDonald puts her impassioned stamp.

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Theater Review: “The Niceties” — A Gentle Slap Awake?

April 9, 2018
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The Niceties gives us an invaluable opportunity to hover outside of the current political debate about race and American history.

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Classical CD Reviews: Alexander Melnikov’s Four Pianos and Leonard Bernstein’s Mass

March 29, 2018
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Pianist Alexander Melnikov has come up with one of the still-young year’s most compelling discs, Deutsche Grammophon releases an aural train wreck.

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Classical Music Commentary: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2018-19 Season Announcement

March 22, 2018
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The BSO seems to have taken to heart complaints about its lack of programming diversity, devoting two full programs to underrepresented groups.

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Book Review: “On The Couch” — A Beautiful Visual Tour

July 30, 2018
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On the Couch is an extraordinary coffee table book for anyone interested in “recumbency” and how the couch became the icon of psychoanalysis.

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