Yaël break
You’d know a Yaël Farber production at 100 paces. The air sweetly smoked and full of noises. The lighting crepuscular but sharded with moonlight. The movement deliberate, registering the actors’ full body weight. And … read more
AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2017-08-27
Weekend Extra: Art Farmer And Sweden
The most recent visit to Sweden stays with me more than three weeks after my return. In great part, that is because music I heard at the Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival refuses … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2017-08-26
Are You Certain?
John Heginbotham and Maira Kalman premiere a collaboration at Jacob’s Pillow. John Heginbotham and Maira Kalman’s The Principles of Uncertainty, Maira Kalman at left. Boxed (L to R): Courtney Lopes, Amber Star Merkens, Weaver Rhodes, … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2017-08-26
The Literary Richard Thompson
FEW living musicians fascinate me as much as Richard Thompson, the London-reared, Los Angeles-dwelling, Fairport Convention-founding guitarist and songwriter whose recording career just hit the 50 year mark. I’ve been listening to Richard’s work … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2017-08-25
Bryan Ferry, Art, and Roxy Music
EVEN a decade after their heyday, when I first heard them in the mid-’80s, there was nothing like Roxy Music. The sleek, almost alien sound, with its world-weary vocals, European touches, and deep, if … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2017-08-25