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Daniel Gewertz

Jazz Album Review: Catherine Russell’s “Send for Me” — A Deep Dig into the Jazz of the ’30s and ’40s

If you’re a fan of the Great American Songbook, but have grown weary of the warhorses, Send For Me is a treat.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: "Send For Me", Catherine Russell, Daniel Gewertz, Dot Time Records

Arts Commentary: The Oscars 2022 — No Longer So White, But Still Not So Hot

It was soon clear what Oscar was after: two separate younger demographics — one with plebeian cinematic tastes, the other with hip politics.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Beyonce, Chris Rock, Daniel Gewertz, Will Smith

Author Reconsideration: The A, B, and C of Sue Grafton

The conveniently tidy endings do turn killing into an entertainment. They also allow us to briefly believe in redemption. And that is not the vainest of hopes.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Review Tagged: Daniel Gewertz, Edmund-Wilson, Kinsey Millhone, Mystery novels, Sue Grafton

Film Review: “Ronnie’s” — The Story of a World-Famous London Jazz Club

Mel Brooks called Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club “a little nest of happiness. All our recent wounds are healed there.”

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Daniel Gewertz, documentary, Jazz, Oliver Murray, Ronnie's

Television Review: “Reframed: Marilyn Monroe” — A Feminist Tribute or a Reframe-up Job?

The primary interest of Reframed isn’t film history; it is revisionist social statement, and a new twist on the celebrity documentary: star bio-cum-feminist essay.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Television Tagged: CNN, Daniel Gewertz, Marilyn Monroe, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe

Film Review: “Don’t Look Up” — A Pitch-Dark Satire that Dares to be Impudently Pessimistic

The knee-jerk, hateful reviews of Don’t Look Up possess comments so outsized, and so beside the point, that they bear a resemblance to the oblivious thinking of the movie’s anti-science ostriches.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Adam McKay, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Gewertz, Don't Look Up, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep

Arts Feature: Music That Sustained Us Through (Another) Year of the Pandemic

Canadian singer/songwriter Allison Russell’s Outside Child made two lists. And so did Little Simz’s Sometime I Might Be Introvert.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock, World Music Tagged: Alexander Szeptycki, Daniel Gewertz, Paul Robicheau, Scott McLennan

For the Love of the Cover: Nanci Griffith and Keeping Folk Songs Alive, at Passim

The talent at Club Passim’s Nanci Griffith night represented at least two generations: it was a nice, low-key salute to the singer/songwriter, who played the venue often in the mid-’80s.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Music, Review Tagged: Aiofe O'Donovan, Daniel Gewertz, Jim Henry, Louise Mosrie, Mark Stepakoff, Nanci Griffith, Passim, Tracy Grammer

Book Review: “The Regrets” — Love Affair With the Semi-Dead

Is Amy Bonnaffons saying that heterosexual love is doomed? Probably not. But she gives no indication it can work in the world she creates here.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Amy Bonnaffons, Daniel Gewertz, The Regrets

Music Remembrance: Singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith (1953-2021)

There were no performers who possessed more talent than singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith in the 1980s and early ’90s, when she was at her remarkable best.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Featured, Music Tagged: Daniel Gewertz, Nanci Griffith

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