Contemporary Reviews

This category is for reviews of contemporary art and music.


At the OZ Arts Website:

Burdens from a Distance

Carrying burdens: a universally accepted part of life and timely theme as the world shares a collective burden. Over the course of three years, speaking to hundreds of people from all walks of life, Jana Harper discovered the same underlying concerns we all share: “our loved ones, our futures, our planet, and of course, our health.” This Holding was created from the exploration of these burdens, portraying this portion of the human experience in a raw, beautiful, and thought-provoking way. During a period when many feel more alone than ever in their lives, Harper holds a fitting sentiment about herRead More

Ides of March at Schermerhorn

Music City Review Goes to War (and Leaves the Funk in Peace)

The lights were already dimmed as I raced in after seeking my reserved parking space in an apparently nonexistent parking lot. The Latino singer was midway through the first verseRead More

This Mosquito Doesn’t Bite: Kid Koala at OzArts.

The opening night of OzArt’s The Storyville Mosquito featured a unique kind of immersive storytelling: a movie in three acts created live. The show was sold out, an additional showingRead More

Freedom Fighters: DakhaBrakha at OZ Arts

It felt like rare musical events I’ve actually experienced—the opening tour date of Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense” in Berkeley, Parliament Funkadelic’s “Mothership Connection” tour stop in Chapel Hill, NewRead More

OZ Arts presents

Compagnie Hervé Koubi

On Thursday February 2nd, OZ Arts Nashville opened their season with What the Day Owes to the Night, performed by the dance troupe Compagnie Hervé Koubi. The evening began withRead More

Theatre Nohgaku at the Frist

It was a misty gray afternoon, not cold, but comforting, a stay-inside kind of day, the kind of day you commonly see in the Japanese countryside, the kind of dayRead More

New from New Focus Recordings:

Pathos Trio – When Dark Sounds Collide: New Music for Percussion and Piano

The Album  When Dark Sounds Collide: New Music for Percussion and Piano consists of five tracks, each of which is a collaboration with a different composer. The composers were encouragedRead More

One of the world’s first spatial neo-classical concept-albums review:

Maison Melody AM/PM by Stephen Emmer

Stephen Emmer; Dutch composer, arranger, and artist, invites listeners to a unique listening experience with his recent spatial neo-classical album entitled, Maison Melody  AM:PM. The conceptual album includes diegetic soundsRead More

From Oz Arts:

Malpaso, Fusion of Modern Dance and Cuban Innovation: No Missteps Here

The healthy evolution of modern dance was clear Friday night, April 29, 2022, when Malpaso made its Nashville debut at the OZ Center. Founded in 2012 by a triumvirate consistingRead More

New in the Music City:

Blueprint & Jacob Jezioro at the Axiom Art Gallery

Nobody would blame you for missing the Axiom Art Gallery. Tucked away between Third Man Records and the Plaza art supplies store, the only signage in front of the buildingRead More

Live in Franklin:

LAGQ Concert at Franklin Theatre

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet brought a warmth to Franklin Theatre on an April night of near freezing temperatures at show time. The intimacy in which the four guitarists blendRead More