The Artists We Lost in 2022, in Their Words

December 23, 2022Posted inActors and Actresses, Alley, Kirstie, Anderson, Louie, Angell, Roger, Art, Bartlett, Jennifer, bestofculture2022, Bogdanovich, Peter, Bontecou, Lee, Brook, Peter, Caan, James, Classical Music, Comedy and Humor, Crumb, George, Culture (Arts), Cunningham, Merce, Dancing, Ehrenreich, Barbara, Ewing, Maria, Fuller, Charles, Gilliam, Sam, Godard, Jean-Luc, Gordon, David, Gottfried, Gilbert, Hanh, Thich Nhat, Heche, Anne, Herrera, Carmen, Hurt, William (1950- ), Jordan, Leslie, Lansbury, Angela, Lewis, Jerry Lee, Liotta, Ray, Lynn, Loretta, Mantel, Hilary, Marias, Javier, McCullough, David, Milanes, Pablo, Movies, Music, Newton-John, Olivia, Oldenburg, Claes, Poitier, Sidney, Pop and Rock Music, Ramirez, Tina, Rego, Paula (1935- ), Rorem, Ned, Saget, Bob, Soares, Elza (1930-2022), Spector, Ronnie, Straub, Peter, Takeoff (Rapper), Tenuta, Judy, Theater, Two Thousand Twenty Two

The Breakout Stars of 2022

December 16, 2022Posted inActors and Actresses, Art, Benko, Julie, bestofculture2022, Brunson, Quinta, Classical Music, Dancing, Everything Everywhere All at Once (Movie), Everything Rises (Musical Work), Funny Girl (Play), Harlow, Jack (Rapper), Hsu, Stephanie (1980- ), Hurlin, Catherine (1996- ), McClodden, Tiona Nekkia, Movies, Music, Of Love and Rage (Ballet), Pop and Rock Music, Television, Theater, Tines, Davone, Two Thousand Twenty Two
Here are the actors, pop stars, dancers and artists who broke away from the pack this year, delighting us and making us think.

Notable Boxed Sets of 2022: Pop, Rap, Soul, Jazz and More

December 15, 2022Posted in100% Galcher (Album), Audio Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Ayler, Albert, Beach Boys, bestofculture2022, C.V.E., Chillin Villains: We Represent Billions (Album), Classical Music, Come Away With Me (20th Anniversary) (Album), Galcher Lustwerk, Guns N Roses Use Your Illusion I & II (Album), Guns N' Roses (Music Group), Harvest (50th Anniversary Edition) (Album), Horace Tapscott, Jazz, John Sinclair, John Sinclair Presents Detroit Artists Workshop (Album), Jones, Elvin, Jones, Norah, Lee Hazlewood, Lee, Peggy, Marvin Tates D-Settlement, Marvin Tates D-Settlement (Album), Mingus, Charles, Music, Nancy & Lee (Album), Nancy Sinatra, Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota (Album), Revelations (Album), Revival: Live at Pookies Pub (Album), Rhythm and Blues (Music), Sail On Sailor1972 (Album), The Lost Album From Ronnie Scotts (Album), The Quintet (Album), Two Thousand Twenty Two, Young, Neil
Anniversary editions (from Norah Jones and Neil Young), a dive into the hip-hop underground (via C.V.E.) and rediscovered live jazz (from Elvin Jones and Charles Mingus) arrived in 2022.

Best Songs of 2022

December 7, 2022Posted in070 Shake (1997- ), 1975, The (Music Group), Aleza, Alvvays (Music Group), Ambarchi, Oren, Bailey Zimmerman, Bailey, Delaney, bestofculture2022, Big Thief (Music Group), Bory300 (Rapper), Cabello, Camila (1997- ), Cain, Ethel (1998- ), Cardi B (1992- ), Charli XCX, Colorist Orchestra, The, Cunningham, Madison (1996- ), Dalt, Lucrecia, Daughter, Nkosazana, DJ Maphorisa (Musician), Dougie B (Rapper), Drake (Rapper), Eno, Brian, Fireboy DML (1996- ), Florence and the Machine, Folk Music, Giannascoli, Alexander (Alex G), Giveon (1995- ), GloRilla, Gloss Up, Gomez, Selena, Gregson-MacLeod, Katie, Hadreas, Mike, Harding, Aldous, Harlow, Jack (Rapper), Hitkidd, Humberstone, Holly, Hurray for the Riff Raff (Music Group), Ibeyi, Ice Spice (Rapper), Ives, Grace (Singer), Jean, Sadie, Jepsen, Carly Rae, Joji (1992- ), K Carbon, Kabza De Small (Musician), Kay Flock (Rapper), Kidd G, Knowles, Beyonce, Koffee (Mikayla Simpson) ( 2000- ), Lambert, Miranda, Lil Durk (1992- ), Lil Kee, Lil Yachty (Rapper), Long, Muni, Mering, Natalie (Weyes Blood), Mitchell, Anais, Miyawaki, Mitski, Moriondo, Chloe, Music, NewJeans (Music Group), Ogulu, Damini (Burna Boy), Plains (Music Group), Polachek, Caroline, Pop and Rock Music, Price, Margo, Pusha T, Rap and Hip-Hop, Rema, Residente (Rapper), Reyez, Jessie, Rhythm and Blues (Music), Rosalia (Singer), Santos, Romeo, Sheeran, Ed, Shires, Amanda, Slimeroni, Smile (Music Group), Stormzy (Rapper), Swift, Taylor, Tchaparian, Hagop, The Dare, Tinashe (1993- ), Torrini, Emiliana, Two Thousand Twenty Two, Tyler ICU (Musician), Van Haver, Paul (Stromae), Wallen, Morgan, Ware, Jessie, Weather Station (Music Group), Wilco (Music Group), Woods, Jamila (1989- ), Yahritza y Su Esencia, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, YNW BSlime (Rapper)
Seventy-two tracks that identify, grapple with or simply dance away from the anxieties of yet another uncertain year.

Best Movies of 2022

December 6, 2022Posted inAftersun (Movie), All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Movie), bestofculture2022, Decision to Leave (Movie), Down With the King (Movie), EO (Movie), Expedition Content (Movie), Film, Flux Gourmet (Movie), Happening (Movie), KIMI (Movie), Lost Illusions (Movie), Movies, Mr. Bachmann and His Class (Movie), Neptune Frost (Movie), No Bears (Movie), Nope (Movie), Petite Maman (Movie), Tar (Movie), The Eternal Daughter (Movie), Two Thousand Twenty Two
Amid endless agonizing over the State of Cinema, the actual releases proved a bounty for film lovers, whether fans of the art house or the multiplex.