Book Review: ‘Every Rising Sun’ By Jamila Ahmed
Scheherezade Everybody knows the story of Scheherazade and The Thousand and One Nights. Well, maybe not. In Every Rising Sun Jamila Ahmed gives us a new perspective on an old story and opens our eyes...
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Book Review: ‘Kate Chopin in New Orleans’
Kate Chopin in New Orleans Imagine a young, attractive, married Kate Chopin (1850-1904), skirts pinned up, hair free, galloping bareback in rural Louisiana fields. After the ride, she boldly jumps off...
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Music Reviews: Jerry Phillips, Uncle Lucius, Colin James, Wild Ponies, and...
Jerry Phillips, For the Universe. Jerry Phillips, the son of legendary Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, grew up rubbing shoulders with icons such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash....
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Music and Book Reviews: A Joe Meek Anthology, an Arthur Lee/Love Biography,...
A Joe Meek Anthology Focuses on 1962 Recordings Most music producers remain relatively unknown and must content themselves with credit lines on the CDs they oversee. A few, though, develop styles so...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘I Remember Fallujah’ by Feurat Alani
Fallujah In I Remember Fallujah Feurat Alani takes readers on a deep dive into memory and the tricks it can play on a person, but also the history of Iraq from pre Baath Party rule, and Saddam...
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Music and Book Reviews: Continental Drifters, plus Phil Alvin, John Surge,...
The Continental Drifters are drifting into the spotlight more than two decades after they disbanded, thanks to a flurry of September releases. First came the 15-track White Noise & Lightning: The...
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Book Review: ‘The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic’ by Alan Moore and...
The Moon and Serpent Book of Magic The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic, published by Top Shelf Productions, is a veritable tome of magical knowledge. This 352-page behemoth is written by Alan...
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‘Forces of Nature’ by Edward Steed from Drawn+Quarterly
Forces of Nature Forces of Nature by Edward Steed, published by Drawn & Quarterly, collects 160 cartoons that push the limits of sketch comedy, but not that kind of sketch comedy. Steed has served...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Wood at Midwinter’ by Susanna Clarke
Midwinter The Wood At Midwinter by Susanna Clarke is a magical and charming story celebrating its main character’s love of all things natural. Clarke, best known for her novels Jonathon Strange and...
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Concert Review: Soprano Measha Brueggergosma-Lee, Composer-Pianist Aaron...
It’s with concerts like “Zombie Blizzard” that the eclectic Brooklyn venue National Sawdust lives up to its reputation for adventurous and boundary-breaking music programming. Composer-pianist Aaron...
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