Waving or Drowning: On Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro”
Tim Riley reviews “Maestro” and puts Bradley Cooper’s account against the real-life biography of Leonard Bernstein.
Tim Riley reviews “Maestro” and puts Bradley Cooper’s account against the real-life biography of Leonard Bernstein.
Tim Riley reviews Ray Padgett’s “Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members.”
Tim Riley reviews Laurie Winer’s “Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical.”
Tim Riley reviews Warren Zanes’s “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska.’”
Tim Riley reviews Elizabeth Wilson’s new biography “Playing with Fire: The Story of Maria Yudina, Pianist in Stalin’s Russia.”
Horowitz’s book brims with detailed examples but its larger argument is unconvincing.
A new biography of Milman Parry, who transformed our understanding of Homer, and oral culture in general.
The great singer-songwriter has spent a lifetime turning bluesy snark into pop gold.
Alex Ross’s new book on Wagner teases out the great conductors many contradictions.
Tim Riley reviews a new biography of Nick Lowe.
Tim Riley on how the Beatles and John Lennon puncture nostalgia.
Tim Riley on Bob Dylan’s “Triplicate” (2017).