The original mural the Gaucho cover was adapted from was done by a rather obscure Argentinian artist named Israel Hoffman, (1896-1971) The mural is displayed outdoors, on a public wall, as part of the Caminito Street Museum in Buenos Aires. The title is, Guardia Vieja...

Transformative may not be an urgent enough word to describe the multi-hyphenate creative Arooj Aftab. Rooted to a constellation of unmappable margins and elegant refusals, she lithely moves against the weight of time and convention, honoring multiple traditions while...

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Original Soundtrack)

Sunset Boulevard Explained : The Hollywood Nightmare / We look at the deeper meaning of Billy Wilder's noir classic Sunset Boulevard. Wilder critiqued Hollywood's toxic star machine, its mistreatment of writers and its system discouraging true originality. (by...

The mysterious Sault return with album number three. This is the most essential album for 2020.  

Dear listening ears/reading eyes, For a long time, I've introduced myself as a banjo player from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I'm a hiker and an environmentalist. I'm an optimist. I'm loud. I'm still all those things, but I went quiet for a few years. I cut my long...