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...play to the next level, bringing the audience deeper into the psyches of its three central characters.” Among these characters, Andrew Young served as the propelling force for the opera’s emotional intensity in his deft portrayal of the role of Jago. His rendition of “Credo in un Dio crudel” (I believe in a cruel God) illustrated a visceral contempt for justice as the rest of the world sees it. Although his superb dramatic presence never faltered, his voice was occasionally lost amid the din of the vast, 80 person...
...Baby 81,” the San Francisco trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC) returns to its rock and roll roots, delivering a fourth album that, while often unoriginal, remains thoroughly enjoyable. During the absence of British drummer Nick Jago, BRMC recorded “Howl,” an album of folky acoustic songs. But now that Jago has overcome his substance abuse issues, BRMC are back in their comfort zone. “Baby 81” opens with “Took Out a Loan,” a typical classic rock song that could have been...
...reminiscent of the Strokes, but there all fruitful comparison ends. While the Strokes are discontented and hoarse and definitively tied to the New York sound of predecessors The Ramones and The Velvet Underground, BRMC are brooding and intense, hoarse only when it suits them. Though only drummer Nick Jago is from Britain, the band has an undeniably British sound, with a self-conscious tip of the hat to the Stone Roses. “Rifles” had more pretensions than the Strokes could muster, sounding a little like U2 might if you dragged them through mud for a couple...
...hole in scientific literature, Jago’s work fails to rise to the scientifically stimulating level of a book like Dava Sobel’s Longitude or to the level of thrilling adventure stories like Alfred Lansing’s Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Journey. Nonetheless, Jago should be applauded for her well-researched attempt to grant Birkeland the credit the British denied him a century...
...Lucy Jago...