Articles by Chris Wodskou
Italian For Beginners
Lone Scherfig
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
The last thing most people would expect from a film produced under the auspices of the Dogme 95 manifesto famously penned by Lars von Trier...
Greyboy
Mastered the Art
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2001
Once a Stateside acid jazz kingpin, Greyboy now ranks as one of the few who made it through the acid jazz meltdown with his credibility int...
Bill Janovitz
Up Here
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2001
"This town ain't got the heart you wear on your sleeve," sings Bill Janovitz, on "Long Island," a song about feeling restless within the cl...
Swell
Everybody Wants to Know
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2001
There's always been something a little prickly and snarky about the lyrics and persona of Swell's multi-purpose leader David Freel, but his...
Senor Coconut
Gran Baile
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001
Every Emperor Norton release seems to be shrouded in so much arcana and apocrypha that it's pretty much impossible to distil fact from wild...
Bau
Blimundo
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001
The belated international celebrity of Cape Verde's most famous export, Cesaria Evora, has not only elevated the profile of the archipelago...
Teofilo Chantre
Rodatempo
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001
The belated international celebrity of Cape Verde's most famous export, Cesaria Evora, has not only elevated the profile of the archipelago...
Cesaria Evora
Sao Vicente di Longe
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001
It would be more than a little churlish, not to mention arrogant, for a critic to grouse about however Cesaria Evora chooses to make use of...