Theatre Review: Fires In The Mirror Burns With Painful Truths

  Is America racist? Yes. The question is whether we can overcome our darkness if history is a strange bed-fellow. You have white men that…

Concert Review: Charly Bliss Is A Ballerina At Webster Hall

  I have seen Charly Bliss a few times: as openers and headliners. I always prefer the latter because they feel like a prom show…

Theatre Review: The Wrong Man Is Everything Right With Musicals

The Wrong Man is a 90 minute nose-dive into the wronged life and wrongful death of Duran (played mesmerizingly by Joshua Henry).  Playing at MCC…

Film Review: The Report Is A Hard Look At America’s Sins

I was a little kid in New York when 9/11 happened, and though memories my childhood fade into blips of my like for Barbies, obsession…

Film Review: Film Review: Honey Boy Heals Childhood Traumas

When we think of trauma, at best, we think of a night in the emergency room. People filing around trying to save a life that,…

Concert Review: Rexx Life Raj Is A King In Chelsea

I am going to come clean here. I wanted to see Rexx Life Raj because he was Kehlani approved, and she is one of my…

Concert Review- Gon Turns Rockwood Into His Diagonal Fields

In a tiny red room, known as Rockwood, Gon introduced an album to a gathering of people that would all say they had just  heard…

Diandra Interviews Saint Bodhi: The Flowerchild of South Central

For Saint Bodhi, music is a space that flows through time and vision. It is like emotional puddy in one’s hands; at times, you can…

Film Review: Waves Redefines Suspense Through Family

I can honestly say two things about Trey Edward Shults’ Waves: it is one of the best films I have ever seen and the most…

Concert Review: Jordan Rakei Is A Mood And Mantra

  Jordan Rakei plays for the bedroom; whether you are by yourself in it or about to spark fireworks between you and your bae. For…

Concert Review: Suzy Jones Baptizes At Mercury Lounge

Okay, prepare for another one of my random comparisons/ concert descriptions; Suzy Jones felt baptismal at Mercury Lounge. She used her voice as if to…

Concert Review: Hobo Johnson Is The Dude At Playstation Theater

Yelling your misery into a mic, proclaiming Justin Bieber’s need for an edible arrangements with a “Sorry” card, and throwing water bottles into a crowd…

Concert Review: Jeremy Zucker Comes Thru At Webster Hall

When I told my friend I was going to see Jeremy Zucker without her, I can only describe her reaction as:    I had seen…

Concert Review: Anthony Ramos Is Living That BLESSED LIFE At MHOW

Anthony Ramos is feeling good. His debut album is poppin, his ring finger is rockin, and his career is not stoppin. He is, literally, what…

Concert Review: TWIN XL Are The Jam At Webster Hall.

Twin XL felt like a sweet, succinct “text book version” of a “hit factory.” All their songs felt made for radio at Webster Hall, and…