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Architectural Photographer Peter Urban Has Died

Peter Urban, a Boston-based commercial and editorial photographer known for his images of architecture, died September 13, his partner, Steve McCarthy, told PDN. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer. He was 61. Urban's clients included The Boston ...

From HOLLY HUGHES, PDNPulse,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Boston Globe,  Steve McCarthy,  Fay Wray,  Thomas Menino

Music Review: The Blind Boys of Alabama - Duets

Let’s be honest — “duets albums” can be dodgy propositions. Sinatra’s and Ray Charles’s duet projects were end-of-career grabs for chart success; genre artists, like the Chieftains, exploit them for crossover appeal. Piggybacking on collaborators’ ...

From HOLLY HUGHES, Blogcritics.org,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Ray Charles,  Randy Travis,  Lou Reed,  Toots Hibbert (musician),  Bonnie Raitt

7 Places to Eat: Single-Minded Cooking in the Twin Cities

Facing off across a loopy, not-yet-mighty northern stretch of the Mississippi River, Minneapolis and St. Paul still carry on like rivals. St. Paulites are proud of their adherence to traditions, while Minneapolitans take pride in edginess and verve. ...

From HOLLY HUGHES, Frommers,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Wolfgang Puck,  Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Music Review: Miss Tess — Darling, Oh Darling

The thrift-shop clothes, the vintage Weymann guitar, the demure stage name – all those clues signify, right from the start, that Miss Tess plans to take us on a retro roadtrip. The vocal stylings of the past perfectly suit her bell-like voice — more ...

From HOLLY HUGHES, Blogcritics.org,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Madeleine Peyroux,  Zooey Deschanel,  Norah Jones,  Tom Waits,  Bette Midler

Music Review: Keb'Mo' — Live & Mo'

I don’t know what to make of Keb’ Mo’s new album, Live & Mo’. I want so much to like it . . . and I do love listening to it, honestly I do. Still, it’s a baffling release. I’m already a confirmed fan of Mo’s deft blend of traditional Delta blues with ...

From HOLLY HUGHES, Blogcritics.org,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Robert Johnson,  Jackson Browne,  Sony

James Nachtwey on the Impact of Images

Nachtwey first worked as a conflict photographer in Northern Ireland. Showing images of Irish citizens carrying out their lives amid burning cars, he noted that the “front lines in contemporary war are not isolated battlefields, they are where people ...

From HOLLY HUGHES, PDNPulse,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: James Nachtwey,  New York Times Company,  TED

Music Review: Charlie Wood — Flutter and Wow

If I lived in Memphis, I’d already have known who Charlie Wood was. Having begun his career in 1990 as Albert King’s touring pianist, for years Wood and his trio were a fixture on Memphis’ Beale Street, exploring that beguiling intersection where blues, ...

From HOLLY HUGHES, Blogcritics.org,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Paul Simon,  Albert King,  Leonard Cohen,  Ron Sexsmith,  Tom Waits

How To Land and Produce Larger Commercial Jobs

Hiring a skilled producer to plan and manage a complex ad shoot not only helps the photographer, it reassures the client . “If I know you don’t have a lot o production experience, I want to feel comfortable you’ll be able to pull off [the assignment], ...

From HOLLY HUGHES, PDNPulse,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Burger King,  Burt Reynolds

VII Photo Panel: Why Photography Still Matters

Noelle LuSane, Staff Director House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, said images from Darfur and Congo have inspired constituents to join advocacy groups that petition members of Congress and demand action. She said a magazine spread showing ...

From HOLLY HUGHES, PDNPulse,  14 Oct 2009

Concert Review: Nick Lowe and Bill Kirchen at City Winery, NYC, 10/13/09

He was just stopping by to pay a social call, Nick Lowe casually informed a sold-out crowd at Manhattan’s City Winery Tuesday night. Having crossed the pond mainly for a couple of West Coast events (the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, the annual ...

From HOLLY HUGHES, Blogcritics.org,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Nick Lowe,  Bill Kirchen

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