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Book Review: “Unit 29” — The Voices of the Incarcerated

December 19, 2024
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An argument for this collection might be that anything anyone writes from prison should be published, since whatever it is, it will inform readers regarding the grim circumstances about two million of our fellow citizens endure everyday, day after day.

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Classical Album Reviews: Jordan Bak’s “Cantabile: Anthems for Viola” and Charles Martin Loeffler’s “Forgotten Sounds”

June 29, 2024
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 Two discs: Jamaican-American musician Jordan Bak celebrates music for the viola and a reconstruction of Charles Martin Loeffler’s abandoned Octet.

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Classical Album Review: Semyon Bychkov and Paavo Järvi Conduct Mahler

March 19, 2025
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Semyon Bychkov supplies an extraordinarily well-played account of Mahler’s Third; Paavo Järvi’s version of Mahler’s Fifth avoids the more idiosyncratic excesses of Leonard Bernstein’s superb 1987 Vienna recording.

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Rock Album Review: The Zombies’ “Different Game” — Still Impressive After All These Years

May 14, 2023
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Maybe The Zombies are not quite as elaborately visionary as they used to be, but after all this time that is no great sin. And Colin Blunstone and Ron Argent’s breathy but soulful voices have held up magnificently.

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Film Review: “Concrete Utopia” — No Room at the Top

December 13, 2023
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“Concrete Utopia” echoes “Parasite”’s sharp critique of class exploitation, but it applies a faster pace and more restless energy to its vision of economic meltdown.

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Theater Review: “The Light” — Squeeze Play

June 12, 2022
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This is a quicksilver drama about how a loving couple reacts as devastating bolts of lightning strike.

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Arts Commentary: Getting ‘em in the Door

May 25, 2022
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For the foreseeable, capitalist American future, full and equitable access to live, professional performing arts will depend on subsidy.

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Poetry Review: “Outside” — Poetry and Prose of French Writer André du Bouchet.

July 5, 2020
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Take the poems slowly, enjoy the Cage-y silences, the concentrated words as they appear.

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Jazz CD Review: Pianist/Composer Satoko Fujii at 60 — Full Speed Ahead

August 20, 2018
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From intense solo recitals to big band rumbles, Satoko Fujii can not only be counted on for exploratory zeal — she also has the chops to pull off whatever she attempts.

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Concert Preview: Club Passim Celebrates 60 Years with a Birthday Bash

November 10, 2019
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At a time when a number of established music venues in the Boston area have closed, Club Passim continues to thrive, thanks to the loyal grass-roots support it has enjoyed over six decades.

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