Rufus Wainwright songster magic circles back to the Landmark Before the concert came a weekend lengthened by a day. This meant additional time to work on a reinvention of back yard landscaping, hopefully aided by time spent with some gnarly 3D … Read More»
Rickie Lee Jones ‘Mapped and Measured’ into Melisma and Melody
Rickie Lee Jones: A Troubadour Brings her Explorer’s Pen back to Landmark When the evening’s last song’s last note rang out it was in the range of an orchestra’s triangle. That high note was “high” in several respects: it reflected an artist’s … Read More»
Colin Hay’s Fierce Assault on Memory
Former Men at Work Front Man Rouses Sold-out Landmark Audience There are performers who point to a troubled childhood as inspiration for their rise to fame. In the case of Colin Hay, not so much. When he appeared recently in a personable solo … Read More»
Cultivating the Memory Garden Karla Bonoff Planted
DarkViolin reviews Karla Bonoff in a 2017 Landmark double bill with Livingston Taylor. Bonoff was again accompanied by gifted guitarist Nina Gerber. Sylvia Plath probably had no particular song in mind when she wrote from a nightgown’s vantage … Read More»
Rufus Wainwright and the Temptations of Perfection
Sloan Wainwright Joins Nephew Rufus Wainwright at Landmark Almost exactly a year ago before his April premiere performance at Landmark, Rufus Wainwright released Take All My Loves: Nine Shakespeare Sonnets (Deutsche Grammophon). The pedigree of that … Read More»