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Richard Thompson’s memoir displays flashes of his writerly talents, but the volume feels a bit less immediate than one might hope.
Read MoreIf Real Life Rock‘s page count seems daunting, fear not. There isn’t an entry you’ll want to skip.
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All this alarming information about our food is a call to action, but “Poisoned” plays it safe by not offering any pragmatic directives or posing an activist vision.
Read MoreSouth African choreographer Dada Masilo goes even further into the Swan Lake fantasy: here, the characters, men and women, are all swans.
Read MoreThe first episode of the “Blood Rose Rising” series possessed creepy comic potential and an intriguing mix of multimedia, magic, and thrills that hinted at even better things to come. Alas, these hopes were dashed.
Read MoreIf the poems in “That Said: New and Selected Poems” had been ordered differently, the volume would have made more of its virtues.
Read MoreThe Rasas are but the latest in a series of remarkable scores John Harbison has been turning out over his eighth decade.
Read MoreThe Commonwealth Lyric Theater has again brought to the fore an underperformed, unfamiliar masterpiece well worth getting to know. Good for them and lucky for us.
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This is the 17th annual edition of the Francis Davis Jazz Poll, finally named for its founder and guiding light. The Poll collates top-ten lists from 151 jazz critics and journalists, and as such provides a wealth of insight into and data about this past year in jazz.
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Jazz Commentary: Pee Wee Russell — A Singular Voice
Despite the fact that clarinet (and occasional sax) player Pee Wee Russell was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz history, his name remains unknown outside of infra jazz circles.
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