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Book Review: “Neurotic Beauty”—Japanese Therapeutics

October 27, 2015
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Berman finds a submerged psychic and cultural stratum in Japanese culture that might supply possible antidotes to the US’s consumerist and individualist fevers.

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Classical CD Reviews: “La Damnation de Faust,” Villa-Lobos’ Guitar & Harmonica Concertos, and Messiaen Orchestral Works

December 26, 2019
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John Nelson’s La Damnation de Faust is a triumph; you will rarely encounter Villa-Lobos played with greater understanding or in better sound than here; Paavo Järvi and his orchestra’s survey of Messiaen orchestral works early and late is resplendent.

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TV Review: “The Umbrella Academy” — What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stranger

February 27, 2019
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What’s a band of re-orphaned misfits to do? Dance away the pain, obviously.

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Film/Jazz Review: “Open Land: Meeting John Abercrombie”

September 3, 2018
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This fascinating documentary should be compelling to guitarists and to jazz fans in general.

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Theater Review: Chekhov Lite — “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”

December 17, 2013
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Chekhov’s jokes are the inevitable by-products of his characters confronting life’s absurdities; Christopher Durang is content to wring laughs out of wacky situations and cartoon caricatures.

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Concert Review: Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven, Bartók, and Tchaikovsky

October 2, 2014
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The BSO played with palpable enthusiasm. Andris Nelsons conducted with characteristic energy. There was, by the end of the evening, certainly, quite a bit about which to be happy.

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Music Interview: The Return of the Kossoy Sisters

May 17, 2023
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The Kossoy Sister’s last area performance was at the 2012 Newport Folk Festival. Now both living in Guatemala, the pair are back for a Saturday matinee appearance at Club Passim.

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Film Review: Steve McQueen’s “Occupied City” – It Wasn’t Just Anne Frank

December 23, 2023
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The disconnect between the Amsterdam of the past that is revisited and the scenes of life in the city today dramatize the fragility of memory and its erosion.

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The Fuse in London: Jazz Festival, Diary 3

November 16, 2010
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But on to the bliss of the first half, and I don’t use the word “bliss” lightly. In every respect, John Scofield, Steve Swallow, and Bill Stewart are one of the most cohesive units in jazz, and their hour together was superb. By Steve Elman. John Scofield was the headliner last night, but it seems…

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CD Reviews: Orchestral Music by Mason Bates — A Welcome Addition to the Canon.

December 16, 2016
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Mason Bates’ music isn’t afraid to smile. If it doesn’t always run deep, it’s at least always engaging and pleasant to encounter.

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