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Journal Monday, May 20, 2013

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    Friday, May 17, 2013
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    Nonesuch Events for the Weekend of May 17–19

    Iron and Wine closes out East Coast tour in Boston, Portland, and upstate New York ... Sam Amidon launches Europe tour with two Dutch festivals ... Devendra Banhart is in Santa Cruz ... The Black Keys headline KROQ Weenie Roast ... Bombino closes out European tour in Portugal ... Carolina Chocolate Drops join Dave Matthews Band in Texas ... Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter play Mountain Stage ... Nataly Dawn tours UK with Lord Huron ... Dawn Upshaw gives NY premiere of Donnacha Dennehy's That the Night Come at Carnegie Hall ... Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell tour Netherlands ... Audra McDonald makes New Orleans debut ... HBO airs Randy Newman's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ...  Joshua Redman is in France ... Sara Watkins concludes West Coast tour ... and more ...

  • Thursday, December 20, 2007
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    Baltimore Sun: Depp and Bonham Carter Bring "Superhuman Intensity" to "Sweeney" Roles

    The Baltimore Sun calls Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd "ineluctably involving," pointing to the lead actors, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, for their ability to "bring superhuman intensity to the fallible creatures in a gory fable."

    Sun movie critic Michael Sragow gives the film an A- and credits Depp for filling Sweeney with "a spectral intensity from the outset. And when he clicks with Bonham Carter's Mrs. Lovett as a potential mate ... an aberrant electricity leaps out between them."

    You can read the full review at baltimoresun.com.

  • Thursday, December 20, 2007
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    Newsday: Greenwood's "Stunning" Score Adds to "Exhilarating" "There Will Be Blood"

    The "exhilarating" and "intoxicating epic" There Will Be Blood, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Daniel Day-Lewis is "the watershed achievement" of both their careers, writes Newsday's Jan Stuart in a four-star review of the film. Its central conflict, between the "electrifying adversaries" of Day-Lewis's rapacious oilman, Daniel Plainview, and co-star Paul Dano's single-minded preacher, Eli Sunday, is "magnificently heightened" by Jonny Greenwood's "stunning" score, writes Stuart. And of the actors performances:

  • Thursday, December 20, 2007
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    MSNBC: "There Will Be Blood" Triumphs

    "It’s hard to capture the greatness of There Will Be Blood by merely recounting the plot," writes MSNBC film critic Alonso Duralde, "and it would do the film a disservice to give away its delicious twists and surprises. Suffice it to say, then, that the film triumphs ...”

  • Thursday, December 20, 2007
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    E! Gives "There Will Be Blood" an A

    There Will Be Blood receives an A review from E!'s Chris Farnsworth, who cites the film's "compelling" story and a "fascinating performance" by Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead role. Read the full review at eonline.com.

  • Thursday, December 20, 2007
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    BroadwayWorld: "Sweeney Todd" Soundtrack Is a "Must-Have"

    The new soundtrack to the film Sweeney Todd earns five out of five on BroadwayWorld.com's holiday roundup list of the year's best CDs. "This recording is a 'must-have!'" raves the review. It "is just glorious," writes Naomi Plume. "The performances grab you in a whole different way than you would expect," she says. "I am also happy to report that [orchestrator] Jonathan Tunick and [conductor] Paul Gemignani deliver up their usual 'magic'!"

    To read the full review, visit broadwayworld.com. To purchase the soundtrack, visit the Nonesuch Store.

  • Thursday, December 20, 2007
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    "The Wire" Recommended by NY Times, Christian Science Monitor

    The Christian Science Monitor recommends HBO's The Wire as a Pick of the Week, calling the show "a profoundly thoughtful meditation on the modern American city, its institutions, and the underclass." The New York Times concurs, calling it a "sublime epic of urban realism." Season Five doesn't get underway for another couple weeks, so in the mean time, both papers suggest catching up with Season Four, out now on DVD.

    For all of this week's Monitor Picks, visit csmonitor.com. For the Times TV-on-DVD recommendations, visit nytimes.com.

  • Thursday, December 20, 2007
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    "There Will Be Blood," "Sweeney Todd" Earn Las Vegas Critics Awards

    There Will Be Blood has earned three Sierra Awards from the Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS): Best Score for Jonny Greenwood, Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, and Best Cinematography for Robert Elswit.

    Sweeney Todd has made the Vegas critics' Top Ten list of the year's best films and received a Sierra Award for Best Costume Design, by Colleen Atwood.

    For the complete list of winners, visit lvfcs.org.

  • Thursday, December 20, 2007
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    "There Will Be Blood" Tops Poll of 100 Critics

    There Will Be Blood tops the list of the indieWIRE poll of more than 100 critics looking at the year's best in cinema. The film earned the critics' votes for Best Picture, Best Director and Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Performance for Daniel Day-Lewis, and Best Cinematography for Robert Elswit. Paul Dano also garnered the number four slot for Best Supporting Performance.

    For the complete list of the year's best and the details of how the scores were determined, visit indiewire.com.

  • Thursday, December 20, 2007
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    Wilco's "Sky Blue Sky" on Acoustic Café Best of 2007 Program

    The popular syndicated radio show Acoustic Café has named Wilco's Sky Blue Sky among the year's best albums. You can hear the title track off the album on this week's program, streaming online at mlive.com/cafe.

  • Thursday, December 20, 2007
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    Wilco's "Sky Blue Sky" Among Year's Best on NPR Listeners' List for 2007

    NPR listeners have had their say: Wilco's Sky Blue Sky is one of the year's best CDs. The album, released in May, is still holding sway with listeners, whose votes placed the record in the top five, in the company of Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Feist, and the White Stripes.

    For the Top 25 listeners' picks and to hear "Hate It Hear" off Sky Blue Sky, visit npr.org.

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