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Book Review: “Open Throat” — Animal Talk

June 28, 2023
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It’s really a feat — to meld the imaginary with the truth, but Open Throat does it just smashingly.

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Film Preview: Sasha Lane on the Heroic Honesty of “American Honey”

October 6, 2016
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“It was really hard to get to certain places and bring up memories and experiences and put that out there.”

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Film Review: Killing Time in God’s Waiting Room — A Moving Picture about Life in Florida’s “The Villages”

December 1, 2020
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Like a day in a Disney dream-land, the “heaven-on-earth” glow of life in The Villages ultimately fades – quicker for some than for others.

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Book Reviews: Something Wickedly Imbecilic This Way Comes

May 8, 2024
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Two books chase the devil’s tail as they examine America’s evil ways.

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Film Review: “The Sessions” — An Honest Film about Sexuality

October 26, 2012
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“The Sessions” quietly and lovingly engages humor, philosophy, sexuality, and spirituality to create a poetic meditation on the nature of physical love and emotional connection.

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Jazz Commentary: The Enduring Enigma of Chet Baker

November 21, 2025
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I take a look back at the compelling documentary “Let’s Get Lost” because of the recently released “Chet Baker Performs and Sings: Swimming by Moonlight”, 15 unreleased studio recordings made by the trumpeter.

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Fuse Music Preview: Guinga Comes to Berklee

December 9, 2013
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“He’s someone who appears only once in a hundred years.”—Hermeto Pascoal

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Book Review: “The Hard Work of Hope: A Memoir” — A Guide to Blue Collar Community Organizing

July 14, 2025
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On the hard wooden benches of a jail in Lowell, dialoguing with his street-fighting antagonists, we sense the emergence of organizer Michael Ansara’s strategy for working-class political action.

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Arts Commentary: When It Comes to Concerts, Go Small

April 21, 2025
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An invaluable way to see live music: one that provides funds to artists who really need it and to the smaller venues that not only deserve support but that also drive business in the local community.

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Film/Music Review: The Best Music Documentaries of 2020 — With Some Disppointments

December 29, 2020
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Some of the best music documentaries of 2020 – and some disappointments

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