Swallow Tales

Jazz CD Review: John Scofield’s “Swallow Tales” — Steve Swallow’s Quirky Romanticism

This is an intelligent, inventively performed, be-boppish tribute to a composer I now know better than ever.

Armen Boyajian July 31, 2021 at 5:43 pm on Jazz Album Review: John McLaughlin’s “Liberation Time” — Driven by the SpiritJohn McLaughlin has been a musical influence on me for.....let's see.....46 years! Saw Mahavishnu two or three times in 1971,...
LF July 31, 2021 at 4:46 pm on Concert Review: Newport Folk Festival 2021 — A Very Nontraditional YearNice recap of a very busy week. Two things - the Mavis Staples song title is “You Are Not Alone,”...
Mary-Jane Doherty July 31, 2021 at 1:07 pm on Visual Arts Review: New Public Art — Past, Present, and Future Ghosts of the ImaginationI am so glad to read your comments here. The Di statue drives me crazy; a high school sculpture teacher...
Wolfgang Lager July 30, 2021 at 6:17 pm on Book Review: “Bukowski, A Life” — The Poet of Skid RowThe weakest BUK-Bio ever! Sad to say, but all the others are far better and Mr. Cheerkovsky mixed a little...
Luke Jumes July 29, 2021 at 10:00 pm on Author Interview: Boston’s Joseph Torra — Reflections of a Writer’s LifeAwesome, Joe