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Jazz Album Review: A Creative “Synergy—Bobby Kapp Plays the Music of Richard Sussman”

September 1, 2023
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The arrangements seem to emerge organically from the structure and feel of the compositions and harmonies, like leaves unfolding from the stem of an exotic plant.

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Film Review: Geek Out in “Moonage Daydream.” Oh, Yeah!

September 15, 2022
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A new documentary artfully and excitingly suggests what made David Bowie tick.

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Film Review: “Three Thousand Years of Longing” – A Dreamy Fairy Tale For Adults

August 25, 2022
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Action and kids film director George Miller goes the adult fantasy route.

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Poetry Review: The Devolution of Eileen Myles

October 1, 2018
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One of the fears of poets and, I imagine, all writers, is that you’ll reach a certain age and you’ll run out of gas.

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Theater Review: “Creditors” — A Memorable Staging of a Classic

July 28, 2018
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August Strindberg’s Creditors turns out to be a play that speaks chillingly to our time.

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Folk CD Review: Mountain Man’s “Magic Ship” — There’s Magic in Them Thar Hills!

December 9, 2018
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When Vermont’s Mountain Man brings us its Appalachian vocal stylings the trio is venturing into the hollers of both the Green and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Concert Review: Emmanuel Music’s Late Night Show

May 1, 2018
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David Lang’s score is hypnotic, and Emmanuel Music’s quartet of singers gave wonderful renditions.

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Classical CD Review: Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia plays Saint-Saëns

October 20, 2017
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This is one of the year’s standout orchestral albums and it’s a special treat to catch the ensemble live on these shores so soon after its release.

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Book Review: “The Hunger Saint” — Courage in a World of Pain

April 14, 2017
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Olivia Kate Cerrone tells this story in raw, blunt terms, in a naturalistic mode worthy of Zola.

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Theater Review: A Scary, Slick Version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”

October 27, 2013
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Stoneham Theatre’s atmospheric staging of Jeffrey Hatcher’s version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” is a production well worth seeing — it lives up to its billing as “a new look at a horror classic.”

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