August 2010
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VIDEO: Erin McKeown at the Dreamaway Lodge
Seeing music at the irreverently venerable Dream Away Lodge in Becket, Mass. usually involves squeezing into the living room and being careful not to accidentally sit upon a cat. Last night, in an exciting new move, proprietor Danny Osman went with an outdoor setup, changing the whole thing into a sort of Tanglewood-in-the-woods-on-a-mountain-but-with-a-half-naked-unicorn-running-around kind...
July 2010
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ARTICLE: "No chasing trends" (Tower of Power)
Tower of Power, the Ambassador of Brass, is playing the Mahaiwe Theatre in Great Barrington, Mass. on Sunday, and I spoke in advance with founder and tenor saxist Emilio Castillo. Here’s the feature story, published in today’s Berkshire Eagle.
“Combining soul music roots with the propulsive beats and the crackling energy of the then-emerging funk scene, Tower of Power grew into...
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ARTICLE: "Splendid afternoon of music" (Arlo...
Here’s my review of Arlo Guthrie and the Boston Pops together at Tanglewood on Sunday afternoon, published in today’s Berkshire Eagle.
“There’s nothing wrong with, say, Procol Harum suiting up with the London Philharmonic and hammering out the orchestral version of arena rock. That’s the road most taken in the (sometimes unfashionable) tradition of this sort of collaboration....
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ARTICLE: An interview with Amy Goodman
I spoke with alternative media icon Amy Goodman, founder and host of Democracy Now!, in advance of her speaking engagement July 16 in Great Barrington, Mass. The piece, published in today’s Berkshire Eagle, is here. Her appearance is a fundraiser for WBCR-LP, the community radio station on which I’ve hosted a music show (Found Sounds) for different spells in the past. (In February,...
Photos: "NYC/Spring 2010 Series"
I’ve uploaded a brand new photo gallery to www.jeremydgoodwin.com—it’s called NYC/Spring 2010 Series. All the photos were taken in (wait for it…) New York City, during (ahem…) Spring of 2010. I think that’s the artist statement, for now…
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Photo update: "Selects"
I’ve updated the centerpiece photo gallery on www.jeremydgoodwin.com—adding some photos, removing others, re-ordering the gallery, and giving it a name: Selects. It’s more of a “greatest hits” deal than a cohesive statement, but do please take a look if you’d like, and let me know what you think.
Also added a brand new album, which will get its own post here so I...
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ARTICLE: "Great talent, nice work" (Rosanne Cash)
My review of Rosanne Cash’s concert at Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre is published in today’s Berkshire Eagle. The Berkshires’ summer season is off to a galloping start.
“This was not a night for musicological inquiry…Cash curiously declared that ‘There is no country music, there is no American roots music, without this song’ in regard to...
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ARTICLE: "Smartly dressed quartet jazzes up night...
My review of Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Mass. is in today’s Berkshire Eagle. This was a particularly good show and I did a few fun things in the review as well. The above link takes you to the story and photos from the show.
“In those days the band was inspired by a cockeyed desire to leap into musical chaos, but limited by the patience-trying experiments...
June 2010
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ARTICLE: "Cash shares legacy" (Rosanne Cash)
Here’s my advance feature on Rosanne Cash from yesterday’s Berkshire Eagle. She plays Pittsfield, Ma.’s Colonial Theatre on Tuesday.
“I kind of resisted it at first,” Cash recounts. “I didn’t want to trade on my dad. But John said, ‘These songs are yours. This is a list he made for you. This is your legacy, if you don’t step into it,...
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ARTICLE: "Los Lonely Boys: In a family way"
Here’s my advance feature on Los Lonely Boys before their show at Pittsfield, Ma.’s Colonial Theatre.
“In an industry that stresses easily recognizable genres, Los Lonely Boys have been able to succeed by blending styles, sounds and even cultures, while wrapping it in a commercially appealing sheen.”
Soul Kitchen (film review)
Soul Kitchen
Written by Fatih Akin, Adam Bousdoukos Directed by Fatih Akin Starring Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtrau, Birol Unel Germany (2009) 99 min.
This is a wholly winning comedy about a young, good-hearted but slightly naive Greek schlump running an incongruously named restaurant (Soul Kitchen) in Hamburg. Zinos serves up supermarket-bought frozen fish to a loyal patron base eager...
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The social physics of crowded films
Walking distance is a good thing. Though this year’s Berkshire International Film Festival expanded to three screens in Pittsfield, Mass. as well as those of the Triplex Cinema in Great Barringon (plus, occasionally, the nearby Mahaiwe Theatre), I’m sticking with a GB-centric festival, in no small part because I can emerge from my apartment ten minutes before a film is due to start,...
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"Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work" (Film review)
I had no idea Joan Rivers was funny.
I don’t know her as a comedian. Or as an actress. Just as a personality. And it’s a personality that rubs me the wrong way whenever I catch it in short bursts during, for instance, her signature red carpet reports.
But when she savagely desconstructs that gig in the opening minutes of Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, the excellent documentary that opened the 5th...
May 2010
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ARTICLE: "Under the Influence" (Bob Dylan and John...
Metroland, Albany’s alternative newsweekly, has a fun cover story this week called “Under the Influence,” a series of mini-essays about the specific influences that shaped key albums. I contributed pieces on Coltrane’s A Love Supreme (God) and Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks (divorce).
“Though he and wife Sara would reconcile temporarily after the release of...
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ARTICLE: "Acoustic gig misses thunder" (Karen O...
Here’s my review of Karen O, Nick Zinner and friends in their acoustic debut at Pittsfield, MA’s Colonial Theatre. It is published in the 5/26/10 Berkshire Eagle.
“Some of the best Yeah Yeah Yeah’s songs, like this and “Maps,” succeed mysteriously, pinned around little wisps of melody that somehow become indelible…But the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ best assets are sweat and swagger, and...
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ARTICLE: "Karen O and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah...
I had the chance to speak with Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in advance of her acoustic performance (with bandmate Nick Zinner, plus guests) at Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre on Monday. Here’s the piece!
“After you get used to people taking you seriously, you have to be careful not to take yourself seriously. You have to actively regress, in a way, to have that first initial...
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ARTICLE: "Cowboy Junkies: Displaying a new side of...
Check out my feature on Cowboy Junkies, appearing in today’s Berkshire Eagle.
“The signature Cowboy Junkies sound—a non-threatening but droopily narcotic slow-march—is very much intact as well, of course; after the album opens with a fanfare cut-and-pasted from Chinese public-square theatre, Margo Timmins’ smoky voice emerges over a familiar, mid-tempo acoustic guitar...
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More Solid Sounds Festival info emerges...to the...
The awesomeness continues. After a site visit to Mass MoCA by the “Solid Sound HQ,” more bands (and puppeteers) to participate in the Wilco-curated Solid Sound Festival were announced today, including Vetiver, The Books, Avi Buffalo and Bread and Puppet Theatre. Tickets are still available, thus giving you no excuse to be anywhere else August 13-15. What an event.
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ARTICLE: "Sandler's Lot"
My piece on innovative architect Pamela Sandler in the May 2010 Berkshire Living is now available, on newsstands and the very slick Berkshire Living website.
“The moment sums up Sandler’s professional ethos and reflects the easy joy she draws from the everyday details of her work. Yes, she is eager to find locally sourced, non-pressure-treated lumber when called for, but if some scrap...
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May 2010 ARTnews: "Playing God, Jesus, and...
Check out this wonderful spread in the May 2010 ARTnews. For this piece, I spoke with a few band members and the director behind this fantastic video that jets through 15 tableux vivants of iconic paintings. The band is Hold Your Horses!, and you can also read a bit more about them and the video (produced by Paris-based L’Ogre) for “70 Million” in my blog post last month.
