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Classical Music Review: Finally Joining the Cult of Tomsic

April 17, 2011
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The audience went wild; Chopin’s Ballades do that to people. Cheering broke out after Dubravka Tomsic played the second ballade, and by the fourth, which starts out quietly like a lullaby and builds up to an all-out, rhapsodic, virtuosic tour de force, the entire audience seemed smitten. Dubravka Tomsic. Presented by the Celebrity Series at…

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Dance Commentary: Facing Mekka

November 5, 2004
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A new dance show by Rennie Harris serves as a valuable response to MTV’s commercialization of hip hop.

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Music Commentary: The Summer of Doja Cat — Never the Same Thing Twice

August 25, 2020
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Doja Cat offers a glaring example of why the music industry’s new (albeit Big Brother-inspired) way of doing digital business is here to stay.

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Hip-Hip Review: Aminé’s “Limbo” — Playfully Mature

August 25, 2020
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In Limbo, Aminé’s become more reflective, yet he never loses sight his boisterous mischievousness.

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Book Review: “Leonard Bernstein and the Language of Jazz” — Prominent from the Start

February 25, 2020
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Perhaps the book’s most impressive accomplishment is to make a kind of systematic case for Leonard Bernstein’s larger compositional output.

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Literary Remembrance: Homage to Guy Davenport — Brilliance Worth Savoring

May 18, 2020
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The fifteenth anniversary of the death of a grievously neglected writer whom critics almost universally acclaim a creative genius.

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Film Review: Hell is Other People — Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”

September 16, 2017
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Chaos threatens to usurp the plot, but Jennifer Lawrence’s luminous performance keeps the story, such as it is, moving along.

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Music Interview: Matthew Sweet — Power Pop Master

September 12, 2017
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Matthew Sweet and Tommy Keene return to town to brighten the Music Hall in Allston.

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Book Review: “With the Radio On” — The Modern Lovers, Aptly Canonized

March 18, 2017
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Simplicity is its genius; some call “Roadrunner” the first punk song for a reason.

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Book Review: “A Line Made By Walking” — A Lyrical Portrait of a Depressed Artist

April 24, 2017
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Sara Baume’s sophomore novel insists that we rethink the value of empathy: depend on it, yes, but also be suspicious.

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