Words and Music

From the Theater Vault Dept .: Despite my lifelong Lloyd Webber antipathy, I felt inclined to like this show just on the basis of its unusua...

From the Library Dept .: Here’s a ten-year-old book review of mine that I never thought then to post on this blog – so here it is, still, I ...

  From the Recordings Vault Dept. : Every so often, while browsing through my files, I find a piece that I wrote on spec, or possible, as I ...

From the Food Vault Dept. : Here’s a review I wrote 29 years ago about a Jamiacan restaurant in downtown Albany, NY. At the time, it was fai...

A BIG CLUE TO UNDERSTANDING THIS BAND lies in the fact that Bob Crosby isn’t on the box set’s cover. It’s the first artist-centered Mosaic s...

As my ability to walk and even stand continues to deteriorate, I dreaded the process of putting together this year's Thanksgiving meal. ...

From the Musical Vault Dept .: The Cascade Soloists, as a group, is no more, but clarinetist David Shifrin continues a distinguished career ...