Though rooted in folk, the Roches' music owes debts to everything from jazz and barbershop quartets to 1940s vocal groups and punk.A new box set contains much of their best.
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Music Review: Daniel Schreiner – ‘Unmoored’
This is the accomplished and often exciting portrait album from the pianist and multidisciplinary artist.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Invention of Love’ by Tom Stoppard
The life of the poet-scholar A.E. Housman illuminates the social and mental compromises that must be made when society outlaws an essential part of one's very nature.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Major Taylor: The World’s Fastest Man’ by Frederick Noland, from Drawn+Quarterly
Follow the life of Major Taylor, the most impressive cyclist of the dawn of the 20th century, as he competes against other athletes – and racism.
Read More »New Concert Albums Feature the Grateful Dead in 1966 and Elliott Murphy in 2026
Little other Grateful Dead concert material from this period has survived. The July 3, 1966, show is apparently the earliest full concert to be preserved.
Read More »Videogame Review: ‘Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault’ 1.0 – Refined Roguelite Shopkeeping
If you haven't tried Moonlighter 2 yet, now is the time. The 1.0 release delivers a fantastic mix of dungeon crawling and shopkeeping.
Read More »Fantastic Fest: Year 21 Looks to be Bigger and Better
The 21st edition of the festival features some surprising remakes and “reimaginings” along with mind-bending new films in genres such as horror, sci-fi, martial arts, and fantasy.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Justice for the Forgotten Families of 9/11’ by Tom McMillan
The families have experienced what they describe as a kind of legal whiplash: progress followed by delay, renewed hope followed by another setback.
Read More »I Shall Be Released: New Music Releases from Thelonious Monk, Joshua Bell, Brian Lisik, Standing on the Corner, The Black Watch, and a Johnny Cash Comic Book!
Stateside in 1967, folks were tuning in and dropping out, but in Paris they were tuning in to Thelonious Monk. "Monk Live In Paris, 1967, Volume Two" hits the streets on October 9.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Ford/Hill Project’ at BAM
Derived entirely from transcripts of the Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford hearings, the play zigzags fluidly between the two, emphasizing how little has fundamentally changed since 1991.
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