John Shand Posts

July 16, 2014 / Album Reviews - Archive
July 7, 2014 / Album Reviews - Archive

Permission To Evaporate (ABC) In his erudite liner notes Joseph Tawadros observes the oud is neither “ethnic” nor “Arabic”. Amen. An instrument is like a painter’s brush, and the limits are of the heart and imagination, not of prescribed traditions and techniques. Herein lies the wonder of Tawadros’s 11th album:…

July 6, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Slide, June 30 When Bryan Batt last brought his Batt On A Hot Tin Roof cabaret show here the seasons of the ITAL Mad Men ITAL series in which his character Sal Romano appeared were recent history. Although his involvement in that primary source of his notoriety has slipped deeper…