Country songwriter Rodney Crowell isn’t about to sell out
Rodney Crowell probably wouldn’t like you. Don’t take it hard. He doesn’t seem to like much—except for country music. The old school songwriter has recorded a handful of tunes that […]
Transcendence descends into a tech quagmire
One of these days someone is going to have to write a movie that explores—purposely—the irony of making a film that uses cutting edge technology to tell an anti-technology story. […]
Artist Trisha Orr paints herself out of a corner
Trisha Orr’s complex, tour de forces of fabric, objects, and flowers have earned high critical praise for many years. They are beautifully rendered, dispassionate works, and they reveal very little […]
ARTS Pick: Gillian Welch
Berklee educated rocker turned Americana heroine Gillian Welch found the same grittiness she loved about punk in the earnest sorrow of old time Appalachian music. In collaboration with her longtime […]
Renaissance man Todd Snider brings his circus to town
Just seconds into my conversation with Todd Snider, he’s telling me about some LSD that was “going around the neighborhood” a few months back. The next moment, he’s on to […]
Jesse Winchester spent his final years in Charlottesville
The world lost a gift to music with the passing of Jesse Winchester on April 11 in Charlottesville. According to his website, the legendary singer songwriter ” died peacefully in […]
Britain’s hot new singer-songwriter strides across the U.S.
Dan Croll could be on the verge of something big. And he knows it. The 23-year-old British singer-songwriter touched down in California at the start of April for his first […]
A once-in-a-lifetime evening of experimental cinema at the Bridge
It’s been almost a year since Vinegar Hill Theatre closed its doors, and we’re still months away from the promised renaissance of the Violet Crown Cinemas, so it’s hard to […]
ARTS Pick: A Band Called Death
Three years before the Ramones launched their iconic schtick, a trio of brothers started the first American proto-punk band in Detroit. They wrote short, fast songs with driving rhythms and […]
Album reviews: The Wood and the Wild, Dinah Thorpe, The Dirty Guv’nahs
The Wood and the Wild The Wood and the Wild/self-released Singer-songwriter Jon Perry is spot-on when he refers to this debut recording as “supernatural cinematic folk.” Part concept record, part […]