Oxford Philharmonic Streams Tribute Concert to COVID-19 Vaccine Scientists

As worldwide excitement grows over the approval and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, it's only fit | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Theater Review: Molière in the Park Presents ‘pen/man/ship’ by Christina Anderson

Zoom-age virtual theater and Molière in the Park each take a leap forward with pen/man/ship, a vivid | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Book Review: ‘The Ice House’ by Tim Clare

The Ice House by Tim Clare, published by Canongate Press, is the sequel to his book The Honours. Whi | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Reviews: Eric Andersen’s ‘The Writer Series’ and ‘Woodstock Under the Stars,’ Plus Al Stewart and Kelly Finnigan

Folksinger Eric Andersen is probably still best known as the 1960s folk revivalist who pen | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Profile: Ray Buffer, A Working L.A. Actor in the Time of COVID

Ray Buffer is a Southern California actor, singer and jack-of-all-trades performer in Los Angeles wh | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Reviews: 50th Anniversary Releases Celebrate Grateful Dead’s ‘American Beauty,’ Plus Duke Robillard and Jesse Colin Young

The Grateful Dead practically reinvented themselves with their terrific fourth album, June | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Trivia Game Review: ‘OK Boomer!’ from Games Adults Play

OK Boomer! from Games Adults Play pits the youngsters and the old-timers against one another to see | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Book Review: ‘The Honours’ by Tim Clare

The Honours by Tim Clare, published by Canongate Books, is one of those rare stories which starts ou | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Theater Review: ‘No Way Back’ by the Roustabouts

Since I haven't visited the Roustabouts in San Diego yet, I can't vouch for the quality of their in- | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Christmas in the Tenement

Two days before Christmas 1897, Heinz the milkman dropped me off in front of my building. I’d been w | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Reviews: Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimi Hendrix, and Kevin Rowland

A Jerry Jeff Walker Anthology Underscores His Strengths Texas’s Jerry Jeff Walker wasn’t o | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Card Game Review: ‘Star Trek Voyager Fluxx’ from Looney Labs

Star Trek Voyager Fluxx from Looney Labs adds another generation to the lineup of trekking adventure | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Graphic Novel Review: ‘Okay, Universe’ by Plante and Cote-Lacroix from D+Q

Okay, Universe by Valerie Plante and Delphie Cote-Lacroix from Drawn+Quarterly tells the story of Pl | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Review: Sharon Azrieli – ‘Frankly Sharon’ (The Music of Frank Wildhorn)

Canadian soprano Sharon Azrieli is a natural to cross over from opera and classical music to pop. Sh | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Reviews: Cameo-Parkway Reissues, Plus Steve Forbert, Jimmy LaFave

It’s been said that rock and roll slumped in the late 1950s, when Elvis Presley entered the army and | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Reviews: Renaissance Choral Music from Cupertinos – ‘Duarte Lobo: Masses’ and Tallis Scholars: ‘Josquin Masses’

As we approach the holiday season of an annus horribilis, it can be comforting to remind ourselves t | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Classical Music Interview: Violinist/Violin Professor Dmitri Berlinsky on Dorothy DeLay Master Class Series

The devastating times for the performing arts world during the pandemic have brought about many crea | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Movie Review: ‘The Garden Left Behind’

The Garden Left Behind is a movie for its times. For not only does it deal with the human rights iss | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Exclusive Interview: Josh Bolt from ‘Last Tango in Halifax’

One of my favorite UK comedy-dramas on PBS is Last Tango in Halifax, which hit its fourth season on | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Reviews: A Deluxe Edition of the Doors’ ‘Morrison Hotel’ Plus Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche, Beth Lee, Sweet Lizzy Project

The original Doors’ penultimate studio album, 1970’s Morrison Hotel, arrived at a time of | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Review: Golden Champagne Flavoured Sweatshirt – ‘Expectant’

What do you mean you've never heard of Golden Champagne Flavoured Sweatshirt (GCFS) and her new albu | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Reviews: A Deluxe Edition of U2’s ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’ Plus Elliott Murphy and a Ska Anthology

U2, Ireland’s own Fab Four, ignited a blaze in the mid-1980s with The Unforgettable Fire, then | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Comic Review: ‘The League of Super Feminists’ by Mirion Malle from Drawn+Quarterly

The League of Super Feminists by Mirion Malle from Drawn+Quarterly serves as a veritable primer on f | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Game Review: ‘Kraft Heinz Variety Game Pack’ from Big G Creative

The Kraft Heinz Variety Game Pack from Big G Creative brings some of the most recognizable dinner-ta | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Film Review: ‘Sleepless Beauty’

Although Sleepless Beauty can be considered to rest firmly in the | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Review: Pianist Hélène Grimaud – ‘The Messenger,’ Works by Mozart and Silvestrov

Pianist Hélène Grimaud returns to Mozart after nearly a decade with her new album The Messenger. The | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Exclusive Interview: Orla Brady from ‘The South Westerlies’

Acorn TV will be premiering its original series The South Westerlies on Monday, November 9. The Iris | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Reviews: ‘The Harry Smith B-Sides’ and a Bee Gees Live Collection, Plus Johnny Nicholas and Flamin’ Groovies

The six-LP Anthology of American Folk Music, which first appeared on the Folkways label in 1952, is | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Book Review: ‘Popol Vuh: A Retelling’ by Ilan Stavans, Illustrations by Gabriela Larios

The Popol Vuh, an account of the Mayan creation myth, is rooted in an oral tradition. It was likely | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Concert Review: China Philharmonic Orchestra – Beijing Music Festival Closing Concert, ‘We Were Born in 2000’ (20 October 2020)

The 23rd Beijing Music Festival, presented virtually but with performances before live audiences as | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Videogame Early Acces Review: ‘Solasta: Crown of the Magister’

Joining Baldur's Gate 3 in the RPG Early Access D&D ecosystem is Solasta: Crown of the Magister. | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Board Game Review: ‘Escape from Iron Gate’, a Replayable Escape Room Game

Escape from Iron Gate by The Escape Game and Pressman takes the thrill of escape room puzzle-solving | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Theatre Review: Tom Stoppard’s ‘The Real Inspector Hound’ Table Reading, a Livestream by Lockdown Theatre

Lockdown Theatre returned on Sunday, October 25, for another livestream table reading in aid of the | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Book & Music Reviews: A History of TV’s ‘Ready Steady Go!’ Plus Solomon Burke, Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, Paul Winter, Felix Hatfield

For a brief period in the mid-1960s, the London-based Ready Steady Go! was as important to the U.K. | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Concert Review: Gala Concert for the 2020 Azrieli Music Prizes (Montreal/Livestream, 22 October 2020)

Since 2014, Canada's Azrieli Foundation has awarded prizes for new or recent Jewish music. While the | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Theater Review: ‘Roosevelt: Charge the Bear’ by The Roustabouts

In a normal year, I'm usually focusing on the local live theater scene in Washington, D.C. With COVI | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Book Review: ‘Snug: A Collection of Comics about Dating Your Best Friend’ by Catana Chetwynd

I'm continuing with my exploration of great graphic novels and picture books. This week, I'd like to | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Review: ‘Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing and Perform “Funny Girl”‘ (The Ultimate Edition)

Diana Ross & The Supremes broke many records throughout the 1960s. Over time, though, their stun | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Virtual Adobe MAX: New Reality, New Features, Virtual Done Right by Adobe

When you turn on your computer and receive the message “Fifteen updates available from Adobe,” you k | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Theater Review: Tonya Pinkins in ‘The School for Wives’ – Livestream from Molière in the Park

Brooklyn theater company Molière in the Park continues to innovate through the live-performance dry | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Book Review: ‘Voting Is Your Super Power!’ Edited by Craig Yoe

Released in the month before the presidential election, Voting Is Your Super Power! (Yoe Books/Clove | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Book Review: The Wintermen lll: At The End of the World by Brit Griffen

The Wintermen lll: At The End of the World by Brit Griffen, from Latitude 46 Publishing, is the thir | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Review: Sabine Devieilhe and Alexandre Tharaud – ‘Chanson D’Amour’

We music reviewers have to come up with an unceasing flow of fanciful language to describe the indes | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Videogame Review: ‘Drone Swarm’

Sometimes a game has such a cool premise that it turns heads with its hook alone. Drone Swarm by Sti | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Video Premiere: Brad Brooks – ‘God Save the City’

I first became aware of Bay Area artist Brad Brooks back in 2012. It's hard to get your brain around | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

DVD Review: ‘Quiz’

Quiz, released on DVD by RLJ Entertainment, tells the story of the cheating scandal that rocked Brit | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Music Reviews: Lou Reed’s ‘New York,’ Plus Gay Marshall and Rick Shea

Lou “My Way” isn’t exactly Lou Reed’s kind of music, but its lyrics (by Paul Anka) do a pretty | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago

Game Review: ‘Mega Mouth’ from Big G Creative

Mega Mouth from Big G Creative offers a big new twist on classic word-guessing games. Parlor games g | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 3 years ago