For Dashiell Hammett fans, the 'Library of America Edition' is a holiday must.
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Nashville’ – Criterion Collection
'Nashville' is not only one of the greatest films of decade filled with them, it is one of the greatest films ever made.
Read More »Music Review: Chrome – ‘Half Machine from the Sun: The Lost Tracks from ’79-’80’
The forgotten tracks on 'Half Machine from the Sun' work so well as to provide the most accessible introduction to Chrome that I can think of.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Willin’: The Story of Little Feat’ by Ben Fong-Torres
For those of us who have been waiting for the definitive Little Feat book to come along, 'Willin' is it.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker’ by Gary Giddins
Celebrating Bird is one of the best books about a jazz musician I have ever read.
Read More »Music Review: Erasure – ‘Snow Globe’
Erasure has created one of the most unusual Christmas albums of the year.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast’ by Patrick McGilligan
The writing about the director's career makes this the definitive Fritz Lang biography.
Read More »Music Review: Herbie Hancock – ‘The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988’
For anyone interested in the development of jazz during the ’70s and ’80s, it would be hard to beat Herbie Hancock's new 34-CD box set.
Read More »Music Review: Tchaikovsky and Ellington/Strayhorn – ‘The Nutcracker Suites’
Harmonia Mundi presents both the traditional and the swinging Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn versions of ‘The Nutcracker Suite’ on the same CD for the very first time.
Read More »Music Review: Buck Owens – ‘Buck ‘Em! The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)’
This marvelous two-CD Buck Owens set is the perfect complement to his autobiography.
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