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Allen Michie

Film Commentary: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — The Most Serene Movie in Years

This movie reminds us that — if there is any meaning to life at all — it’s what you bring to it, not what it brings to you.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Allen Michie, alternate timeline, Dan Kwan, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michelle Yeoh, multiverse movies

Jazz Album Review: Guitarist John Scofield — A Solo Album, Finally

Now that he’s 70, it’s only right that guitarist John Scofield takes a victory lap with his first solo album.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Allen Michie, John Scofield

Film Review: “Vinyl Nation” — A Visit to Vinyl Heaven

“Every record can have its own unique sound, depending on who has owned it, who’s touched it, where it’s been. That’s really important to me.” This movie makes you realize that these things should be important to you, too.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Allen Michie, Amoeba Music, Chulita Vinyl Club, documentary, Vinyl Nation, Vinyl Records

April 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: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: Allen Michie, Andres Institute of Art, Blind Passion, Evelyn Rosenthal, Free Love, Jan Lisiecki, Jonathan Blumhofer, Katriona Taylor, Ladybug, Lori Zuroff, Mark Favermann, Night Music, Orange Mountain Music, Scott Moore, Simoine Dinnerstein, Steve Provizer, Tessa Hadley, Tim Jackson, Undersong, Waking World, Youn Sun Nah

March 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: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: Allen Michie, Ballads: Into the Heart of It, Bill-Marx, Carnegie Melon Wind Ensemble, Jonathan Blumhofer, Leatherface, Literature for a Changing PlanetLiterature for a Changing Planet, Panorama, Reference Recordings, Sarah Osman, Scott McLennan, Scott Metzger, Serhiy Zhadan, Steve Slagle, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Orphanage, Too Close to Reason

Jazz Album Review: Corina Bartra’s “Amber Light” — Unlistenable? Or Genius?

Others may hear a painfully flawed Latin jazz album, but what I heard was a brilliant postmodern ironic jam session in the mode of Ornette Coleman. I’m probably wrong, but I don’t care, because this album is a blast.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: Allen Michie, Amber Light, Blue Spiral, Corina Bartra

Book Review: “About Time” — Clocks That Made History

David Rooney’s thesis in About Time is provocatively ironic: clocks, through their ever-increasing precision and regularity, are the instruments of constant change.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks, Allen Michie, David Rooney

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

Arts Fuse writers finish their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s triumphant list includes John Lennon, Cat Stevens, Fela Kuti, Laura Nyro, Judee Sill, and Lou Harrison.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Jazz, Music, Opera, Popular Music, Rock, World Music Tagged: Allen Michie, Cat Stevens, Fela Kuti, Ginger Baker, Gonna Take a Miracle, Imagine, John Lennon, Judee Sill, Laura Nyro, Lou Harrison, Teaser and the Firecat, Young Caesar

Arts Feature: Significant Jazz Experiences, 2021

The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorites — mainly recordings.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Allen Michie, Michael Ullman, Steve Feeney

Album Review: Jake Shimabukuro — a Visionary Ukulele Virtuoso

What 2022 needs is “more ‘ukulele.” Put on some ‘ukulele music and just try to feel bad.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: Allen Michie, Jake & Friends, Jake Shimabukuro, usic Theories Recordings

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