Thursday , March 28 2024

Jon Sobel

Jon Sobel is Publisher and Executive Editor of Blogcritics as well as lead editor of the Culture & Society section. As a writer he contributes most often to Music, where he covers classical music (old and new) and other genres, and Culture, where he reviews NYC theater. Through Oren Hope Marketing and Copywriting at http://www.orenhope.com/ you can hire him to write or edit whatever marketing or journalistic materials your heart desires. Jon also writes the blog Park Odyssey at http://parkodyssey.blogspot.com/ where he is on a mission to visit every park in New York City. He has also been a part-time working musician, including as lead singer, songwriter, and bass player for Whisperado.

Theater Review (NYC): ‘Temple of the Souls’ at the New York Musical Festival

Tuneful songs and strong performances enliven this tragic love story set in the time of the conquistadors. The show flutters nervously along two parallel tracks, one reflecting the real butchery and horror of the conquest, the other of semi-cartoonish family fare.

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DVD Review: ‘Gospel According to Al Green’ by Robert Mugge

For insight you'll get nowhere else into one of the most interesting artists of his era, pick up this re-release of Mugge's 1984 profile of the born-again singer.

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Music CD/DVD Review: The Who – ‘Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 2004’

Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey took the stage at the 2004 Isle of Wight Festival to show us what they still had, and a new box set brings us the concert on two CDs and one DVD that show there was plenty of life in the old boys yet.

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