Jason Isbell

October Short Fuses – Materia Critica

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

Music Review: Jason Isbell, Laid-Back — More Country Than Country-Rock

Jason Isbell has got sober, and his songs ring with the urgency of the newly recovered (and newly remarried, to his violinist Amanda Shires).

Bill Marx, Editor of The Arts Fuse October 16, 2021 at 8:49 pm on Theater Review: “The Sound Inside” — A Hollow ThudPerhaps she was rattled by "the sound inside"?
Joann green Breuer October 16, 2021 at 8:09 pm on Theater Review: “The Sound Inside” — A Hollow ThudIn almost total agreement, but you could have mentioned that no reputable literature professor would mistake ’lie’ for ‘lay’- twice…....
Teresa October 15, 2021 at 10:09 pm on Music Remembrance: Singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith (1953-2021)What a beautifully written tribute. Thank you. I still can’t believe she is gone. I have never been so affected...
John Killacky October 15, 2021 at 5:56 pm on Author Interview: Vermont’s John Killacky — At the Service of Art, Critique, and Civic ConversationThanks buddy
John D Kramer October 15, 2021 at 10:13 am on October Short Fuses – Materia CriticaAsking Mark Favermann to give Kristy Edmunds a chance at Mass MoCA. I had the chance to hear her speak...