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Blues Album Review: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram’s “662” — A Mature Triumph

July 28, 2021
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662 will appeal to hard-core blues fans along with those who want more of a hyphenated blues sound, be it blues-rock, blues-funk or blues-pop.

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Film Review: “Perfect Days” — Plumbing the Depths

February 24, 2024
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In his latest feature, filmmaker Wim Wenders extols the simple life.

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Jazz Album Review: Terry Gibbs’ Slam-Bang Big Band, Vol. 7

October 20, 2024
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This 65-year-old recording features some of the best players in L.A. and it is bright, sharp, and revealing. There’s plenty to marvel at here even if I would have wished for more ballads and fewer Stan Kenton-like brass fanfares. 

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March Short Fuses — Materia Critica

March 1, 2025
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Theater Review: “Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie” — Pretty Much the Greatest Hits

June 18, 2022
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Woody Sez falls short as a compelling chronicle of Guthie’s life and times. It becomes a sort of “greatest hits” round-up and the steady stream of music is moving and then some.

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Coming Attractions: December 17 through January 2 — What Will Light Your Fire

December 17, 2023
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Book Review: “All Sorts of Lives” — Katherine Mansfield, A Magician With Words

March 6, 2023
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We can only wonder what Katherine Mansfield might have given us had she lived a normal life span, yet we should cherish what we have, as Claire Harman has done so beautifully.

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Short Fuse Podcast #67: Reflecting on William Faulkner

May 14, 2024
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Host Elizabeth Howard talks to Dr. Jay Watson, the Howry Professor of Faulkner studies and Professor of English at the University of Mississippi. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first book William Faulkner published — “The Marble Faun.”

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Film Review: In Defense of a Cinematic Masterpiece — “To the Wonder”

April 28, 2013
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To The Wonder — the best American feature by far of 2013: beautiful, compassionate, tragic, transcendent.

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Rap Album Review: Prof’s “Horse” — Carrying Minneapolis on Your Back Ain’t Easy

April 21, 2023
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Horse represents a victory lap (pun intended), a confident follow-up to the artist’s astonishing success with his self-release of Powderhorn Suites.

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