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Music Reviews: Exploring Finnish Jazz with Innkvisitio and Olavi Trio
The world of Finnish jazz isn’t one that I can boast much familiarity with, at least not yet. There is, of course, a significant community in Finland that dates back to the likes of Edward Vesala,...
View ArticleMusic Review: The Jeff Healey Band – Full Circle: The Live Anthology [3-CD+DVD]
There is little doubt in my mind that Jeff Healey was one of Canada’s greatest musical talents. That he was blind since the age of one matters little, for he’s never been a mere novelty act or “that...
View ArticleMusic Blu-ray Review: Usher – OMG Tour – Live from London
The remarkably sweaty Usher takes to England’s O2 Arena with a fleet of dancers and equipment for the OMG Tour – Live from London. Now available on DVD and Blu-ray, this concert movie was made in April...
View ArticleMusic Review: Oscar Perez/Nuevo Comienzo – Afropean Affair
Oscar Perez, with his band Nuevo Comienzo, blurs genre lines with his Afropean Affair. The album is the pianist’s second. Perez throws a bit of everything into the basket with this recording, tossing...
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Music Reviews: Christmas with Doug Munro, David Ian and Elisabeth Lohninger
There are Christmas albums of all sorts out there. From ones by the Jingle Cats to Justin Bieber, holiday albums are all the rage this time of year. As people put up their trees and decorations, it’s...
View ArticleMusic Review: Mitchel Forman – Sing Along with Mitch
What we have with Sing Along with Mitch is a delicate, beautiful collection of piano and vocal duets. Simple as that. And yet in this humble presentation, pianist and vocal accompanist Mitchel Forman...
View ArticleMusic Review: Lisa B – Christmas Time is Here (and Chanukah and the Solstice)
I interviewed poet and singer Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) back in December of 2009. She and I talked about her background in everything from classical piano to show tunes. Her melding of poetry and singing...
View ArticleDVD Review: Jersey Shore – Season Four
Superficial, pointless and dreadful beyond reason, Jersey Shore has somehow become a hit on MTV. Sure, being a hit on the same network that features such stellar programming as Teen Mom and 16 and...
View ArticleDVD Review: Vanya on 42nd Street – The Criterion Collection
Louis Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street is a fascinating piece of work that blurs the lines between film, the theatre, and the human experience while captivating every step of the way. Malle’s last motion...
View ArticleDVD Review: World on a Wire – The Criterion Collection
Airing originally on German television as a two-part miniseries, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s World on a Wire is a prescient, intelligent, complex piece of work that serves as a precursor of sorts for...
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