Song of Ourselves

May Short Fuses – Materia Critica

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

Tom Connolly July 23, 2021 at 10:35 am on Book Review: Louie’s Blues — Menand Chills With The Cold War CrowdI have never encountered an argument that censorship's impact should be quantified. Tallying TV ratings fails to obviate the comparison....
Jim July 23, 2021 at 2:25 am on Jazz Remembrance: Ira SullivanSorry for the loss of your father! I remember him playing, practicing at your home. I'm Jim, a childhood friend...
Kai Maristed July 22, 2021 at 2:56 pm on Book Review: “Books Promiscuously Read” — Playing in the LeavesA highly readable review. Love the sixth paragraph... and later on, the phrase 'pointless commitment.' My arbitrary rule of thumb...
Andy Kaknes July 22, 2021 at 12:14 pm on Music Preview: Ernie Smith and the Underrated Sound of Jamaica’s StorytellersErnie Smith is a fantasitc vocalist and performer. His appearance at the Knickerbocker Club in Westerly is a show not...
Guillermo Perez Arguello July 21, 2021 at 9:26 pm on Book Review: Louie’s Blues — Menand Chills With The Cold War CrowdThe Ford Star Jubillee episode which was broadcast on Saturday, October 22, 1955 by CBS on the night Noel Coward...