WILL FRIEDWALD

WILL FRIEDWALD

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Will Friedwald is a Contributor for the Sun.

Mr. Friedwald writes about music and popular culture for The New York Sun and…

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New Film Touches on Bob Marley’s Greatness, but Like His Career It Could’ve Been Much More

Marley’s story could have easily been the subject of an epic. Instead, ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ brings to mind a description of the recent Priscilla Presley biopic, ‘a minimalist biography.’

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Culture

Sondheim and New York City: Melissa Errico Gets Both

‘Sondheim in the City’ does double duty, as a songbook package to celebrate the great composer-lyricist and as a set of songs meditating on life in the city.

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Culture

Catherine Russell Captures All the Shades of Blue in the New Orleans Musical Tradition

This week at Birdland, the singer is serving two masters: It’s Mardi Gras at New Orleans and it’s Valentine’s Day everywhere. These two events necessitate two entirely different kinds of music.

Howard Melton
Culture

Composed in 1924, George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Stands Tall to This Day

‘Rhapsody’ has weathered everything that one could possibly throw at it — including harmonicas and now Bèla Fleck’s banjos — and has earned its celebrations.

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Culture

If Cole Porter Had Gone Country: Janie Barnett Explores the Possibilities

This is a highly understated album, with most tempos on the slower end of metronome; it has a fuzzy, amorphous sound that reminds me of K.D. Lang singing ‘Don’t Smoke in Bed.’

Diane Garisto
Culture

Musical Comfort Food: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Focuses on Master Composers

Like Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton a century ago, Andy Farber makes consistently creative use of the blues form throughout his portion of the program.

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