January 2010
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ARTICLE: "Little to do with merit" (2010 Grammys...
“It’s not overly cynical to suggest the Grammys have very little to do with artistic merit—and that’s totally fine. That’s not what they’re for.
The awards are acknowledgments for the songs, albums and performers who made the most indelible impact upon the zeitgeist in the past year. Did it wind up as a psych-up song snippet played at NBA games? It’s probably nominated for a...
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ARTICLE: "Melodrome's new album is a jolt to the...
“Flood is a grab-bag of classic rock-sounding riffs and lyrical paeans to savoring life and just generally having fun. Yet, with references to global warming and the false promise of big record deals, it’s informed by a subtle but underlying road-weariness, one that makes it clear this perspective is a hard-won choice, not an all-smiles easy answer.”
Check out my advance...
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James Taylor to Perform Haiti Benefit at Mahaiwe...
This isn’t the usual Found Sounds and Such… procedure, but I wanted to pass this info along ASAP. (It was announced 22 minutes ago.) Tickets go onsale tomorrow (Tuesday) at 9am! —JDG
Press release:
“Great Barrington, Mass.—Singer/songwriter, James Taylor, will perform a benefit concert for Haiti at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Mass. on Friday,...
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Lauren Ambrose, The Leisure Class, a red lion, and...
Rare archival photograph of the debut performance of
The Leisure Class, November 2009
It’s my pleasure today to make my debut with the excellent arts, culture & lifestyle website Rural Intelligence with this little advance number about Lauren Ambrose and The Leisure Class (as they are now billed) performing Monday night at The Lion’s Den, the cozy bar beneath the stately,...
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Talk to me
I am happy to announce an addition that has been sorely missing from Found Sounds and Such…: reader comments are now here! In fact, the review of Seth Rogovoy’s Dylan book has already garnered a few comments during the soft launch of this feature. I’m very excited about this, as I’d much prefer a two-way discourse here than just me making proclamations.
Comments are...
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Dinner and Dylan
A book about Bob Dylan and his Jewish influences—like the one discussed in this post—surely is good fodder for a multimedia presentation. And any multimedia presentation is certainly a good time to eat excellent food off of little plates. (If someone will translate that to Latin for me I’ll make it my motto.)
And aho! Such a conglomeration of factors is indeed nearly upon us—the first...
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Bob Dylan in a yarmulke
An exciting new book about Bob Dylan has just been released by Scribner, written by cultural critic, magazine editor and klezmer expert Seth Rogovoy. (Full disclosure: Seth and I have a professional relationship.)
Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet takes on a topic so obvious, so manifestly important and in need of serious inquiry, that it’s stunning to learn there has previously been no...
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Amanda Palmer shows her poker face at Symphony...
Michael J. Lutch photo
I didn’t realize there was a black tie version of fishneck stockings and heels.
Such fashion choices might not have fused too frequently upon the same frame—but revelers wearing tuxedos and white gloves mingled happily with those wearing corsets and…not much else.
It was New Year’s Eve with the Boston Pops (sort-of) at Symphony Hall, so a large slice...
