Remedy (Ropeadope) 8/10 You know that feeling when you revisit a home from your past, to find the furniture changed and walls repainted, so any familiarity or nostalgia are jumbled with an unsettling newness? This third Zela Margossian Quintet album is like that. The familiarity of the snaking melodies…
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The Greek Theatre, September 10 8/10 The day before seeing Joyful Noise, I attended a funeral in an Anglican church for a dear friend who was an atheist, and the vicar handled the dichotomy with commendable wit and nuance. Georg Friedrich Handel, by contrast, was allowed precious little nuance by…
Enmore Theatre, September 6 8/10 A David Bowie tribute show by anyone else would make me wince. Singer/actor/writer/director John Cameron Mitchell’s song cycle specifically investigates Bowie’s darker side, which became so dominant with the Blackstar material, written when he knew he was dying. Mitchell’s bond with Bowie runs deeper than…