Before the ear candy
Was he a Michael Feinstein on guitar? Way more fun. DarkViolin reviews the John Pizzarelli Quartet debut at the Landmark. The path from the storied Carlyle Hotel to the Jeanne Rimsky Theater is only eight leagues (or, if you prefer, less than an … Read More»
Ani DiFranco electrifies an already charged audience in her brilliant Landmark debut In the early days of human physiology, no one dreamed of Walt Whitman’s Body Electric -- what we now call bioelectricity. That discovery, which didn’t happen until … Read More»
Hot Sardines, the early 20th century up-tempo hot jazz specialists, appeared in their Landmark debut. Mostly known as nourishment for creatures further up the food chain, sardines don’t get their due. But forget Omega-3 fatty acids and varnish. … Read More»
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Donovan Graces the Landmark In Aldous Huxley’s influential Doors of Perception, he quotes Thomas Aquinas to explain the possible benefits of mind-altering substances like mescaline. Drugs don’t produce enlightenment or … Read More»
Percussionist’s Outsize Extraplanetary Homage to Keith Emerson at Boulton Recalls ELP Heyday Reviewers should be prohibited from assessing the value of artists who contemporaneously ascend to prominence as the reviewer comes of age. But watching … Read More»
