Allen Michie
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Read MoreDavid Rooney’s thesis in About Time is provocatively ironic: clocks, through their ever-increasing precision and regularity, are the instruments of constant change.
Read MoreThe magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorites — mainly recordings.
Read MoreWhat 2022 needs is “more ‘ukulele.” Put on some ‘ukulele music and just try to feel bad.
Read MoreArts 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.
Read MoreEach month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Read MoreThere are three key words in the title: “music,” “change,” and “everything.” At its best, the series convincingly shows how they are linked. Other times, it embraces too much of one at the expense of the other two.
Read MoreArts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s diverse list includes John Lee Hooker, Víctor Jara, The Grateful Dead, Grand Funk Railroad, and Yes.
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