This thoughtfully conceived 12-track album ranges through Cohen's catalogue, from his debut in 1967 to the 21st century.
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Book Review: ‘The Popol Vuh’ – Michael Bazzett
'The Popol Vuh' as translated by Michael Bazzett is an extraordinary work that belongs on the shelves of all folk interested in The Classics.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Bladebone’ by Ausma Zehanat Khan
'The Bladebone' by Ausma Zehanat Khan is a wonderful read and the perfect conclusion to a great series of books.
Read More »Book Review: ‘All the Sonnets of Shakespeare,’ Edited by Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells
A new edition re-orders the sonnets chronologically, shining a new light on Shakespeare the poet. An ideal gift for the English major in your family.
Read More »Poetry Review: ‘Precision’ by Laurie Duesing
Although this work dates back a few years, the current COVID-19 pandemic makes it more relevant than ever before.
Read More »Poetry Review: ‘Design’ by Robert Frost
Design may be blind and impersonal, but it is also the great leveler: it is just as much at work, and in the exact same way, in all creatures great and small, even the lowly spider.
Read More »Concert Review: Mirror Visions Ensemble – ‘The Disappearing Art of Letter Writing’ (NYC, 17 Feb 2020)
Four singers and a pianist swung from romance to riotous humor to wartime pathos, delivering musical settings of letters from different eras with force and feeling.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Year of the Monkey’ by Patti Smith
'Year of the Monkey' by Patti Smith is a wonderful trip inside the mind of a poet. Difficult, convoluted and a little absurd, but well worth the effort.
Read More »Music Review: Saida Dahir – ‘The Walking Stereotype’
Saida Dahir's 'The Walking Stereotype' is powerful, passionate and potent. This is the voice of a righteously angry person propelled by a desire to be heard.
Read More »Music Reviews: John Finbury with Thalma de Freitas: ‘Sorte!’ and Vince Bell: ‘Ojo’
Easy-flowing vocals and lyrics with literate depth fuel two recent recordings from distant regions of the music spectrum.
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