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In Performance: ‘Mad Dogs’ by Grace Rogers

Mad Dogs the debut album by Grace Rogers is a stonking and rambling record that seems to put folk music through a blender while retaining an affinity for the mores and accents of the tradition. It moves with a rock and roll swagger while its penchant for storytelling remains closely attuned to the specifics of people and place, suffuses...

‘Lives You’ve Changed Teaching’ (Big Apple, Episode Three)

The opening scene (or cold open) of the third episode of Big Apple introduces a new character and a new situation which deepens our understanding of detective Michael Mooney as played by Ed O'Neill. He is visiting his sister Lois who is in a wheelchair and we come to learn has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which is commonly referred to...

Mary Halvorson & Ambrose Akinmusire – Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings

The first song on Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings by the duo of Mary Halvorson and Ambrose Akinmusire sounds like it could be the last. Akinmusire initiates a bugle call on his trumpet, a funereal albeit slightly smeared air which retains more than a vestige of martial clarity while sounding decidedly crestfallen. As he reaches a lofty and stirring peak...

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