Keith Richards's 'Life'
Sufjan Stevens's "The Age of Adz"
I like Sufjan Stevens more than I want to. The self-conscious contrarian in me tells me to resist him just for his status as an idol of Brooklyn hipsterdom. He's a pretentious white guy who plays the banjo, as well as half a dozen other instruments (including the oboe and the English horn). As such, he is beloved by the Williamsburg smarties, and he's the sort of artist who tends to gratify rock critics eager to validate their own pretentious white guyness. READ MORE >>
Esperanza Spalding Sings Blake
Growing Old Without Him
We know how old John Lennon would have been this Saturday—70—but who he would have been, we can only imagine. There were so many Johns: Teddy boy, moptop, Walrus, avant-gardist, Mr. Ono, politicker, house husband, and, finally, in the months before his death 30 years ago this December, model of middle-age content. READ MORE >>
The Gorgeous, Quirky, Uncategorizable Music of Gil Evans
Memphis on Broadway
Memphis Shubert Theatre Million Dollar Quartet Nederlander Theatre READ MORE >>
