Monday, October 29 2012

The Ladylike-Defying, Guitar Playing Debra Devi and ‘The Language of the Blues’

By Cole Waterman

For aficionados of American history, music and etymology, the blues is the ideal confluence of all three fields. Devi's book is a roadmap for observing how their paths overlap.

Friday, March 26 2010

A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli

By Mark Griffin

It was Judy Garland’s affinity for the absurd that triggered Vincent Minelli’s idea for a film version of The Pirate, a rakish story that would employ Garland, Gene Kelly, and a very strange song composed by Cole Porter.

Monday, July 9 2007

Erol Josué: Régléman

By Deanne Sole

There's a gravity to Régeléman that becomes immediately deepened and explicable when you realise that the Haitian singer is being religious.

Sunday, January 1 1995

D’Angelo: Voodoo

By Mark Anthony Neal