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Adam Ellsworth

Book Review: “The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones” — A Tabloid Take

The Stone Age is only about the gossip, to the point where even when something (potentially) true comes along, it still reads like trash.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, Keith Richards, Lesley-Ann Jones, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

May Short Fuses – Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, Chana Blankshteyn, Fear and Other Stories, George Walker, Gianandrea Noseda, Jacky Smith, Jason M. Rubin, Jim Jenkins, Joann Green Breuer, Jonathan Blumhofer, London-Symphony-Orchestra, Marco Pignataro, Mark Favermann, Queen: As It Began, Zoho Music

Book Review: “What’s Good: Notes on Rap and Language” — Finding Multitudes of Meaning

To always be listening more and to therefore always be listening differently is of course the very nature of fandom, and to call What’s Good the work of a fan is not a putdown.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, City Lights Publishers, Daniel Levin Becker, rap, rap lyrics, What’s Good: Notes on Rap and Language

January Short Fuses – Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Rock, Short Fuses Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, Bill-Marx, Cedille, CMA, Dover String Quartet, E.O. Wilson, Jonathan Blumhofer, Kenneth Hamilton, Lou Harrison, Oasis: Knebworth 1996, Ralph P. Locke, The Creation, The Real Stormin' Norman, Tim Jackson

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project – Celebrating a Great Year in Music (December Entry)

Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s diverse list includes Elton John, Paul and Linda McCartney, Humble Pie, Miles Davis, and Nick Drake.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Rock Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, Allen Michie, Brett Milano, Bryter Later, Elton John, Humble Pie, Live-Evil, Madman Across the Water, Miles-Davis, Milo Miles, Nick Drake, Paul and Linda McCartney, Ram, Rockin’ the Fillmore

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (March Entry)

Here’s yet one more fantastic thing about it no longer being 2020: it’s now the 50th anniversary of the excellent music that premiered in 1971.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, Allen Michie, Brett Milano, Daniel Gewertz, Deliverin’, Gordon Lightfoot, If You Could Read My Mind (a.k.a. Sit Down Young Stranger), Karen Schlosberg, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV, Mountain, Nantucket Sleighride, Poco, U-Roy, Version Galore

Book Review: “Rocking the Closet” — Queering the Mainstream

Audiences knew (or at least thought they knew) something was up, and that something was what made these performers unique.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, Johnnie Ray, Johnny Mathis, Liberace, Little Richard, Rocking the Closet, Vincent L. Stephens

Rock Concert Review: The National in Boston — Highly Engaged

No one would classify the National as “arena rock,” but Matt Berninger and the group proved at Agganis that they’re quite capable of filling an arena and then putting on a show worthy of the space.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, Matt Berninger, The National

Rock Concert Review: Fontaines D.C. — From Dublin With Love

Fontaines D.C. are gonna be big, or at least as big as a real rock band can be these days. And they’re making it all look effortless.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, Fontaines D.C., Great Scott, Grian Chatten

Rock Concert Review: The Australian Pink Floyd Show — A Very Worthy Tribute

I’m able to pull the stick out of my ass long enough to enjoy a tribute performance when it is worthy, and the Australian Pink Floyd Show is more than that.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, The Australian Pink Floyd Show

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