Featured Articles
Jazz Week 2014: Wall-to-Wall Jazz with No Walls
Jazz Week 2014′s theme of “No Walls: A salute to the power of jazz to bring people together” emphasizes the place of jazz on the world stage.
Fuse Television Commentary: Whither Stephen Colbert?
Now that the dust has settled after the announcement that Stephen Colbert will be replacing David Letterman on “The Late Show” next year, it is time for some thoughtful analysis.
Fuse Concert Review: Violinist Xiang Yu — A Stupendous Technique and a Musical Voice All His Own
At this point, violinist Xiang Yu sounds like a mature artist ready to commence a major career.
Fuse Concert Review: Tenor Nicholas Phan and Pianist Myra Huang — A Dream Team
Tenor Nicholas Phan and pianist Myra Huang are a superb duo, and the pair’s recital was easily one of the highlights of this year’s concert season.
Fuse Theater Review: “The Wholehearted” — Ringside at a Troubled Psyche
What makes “The Wholehearted” compelling is how it examines the metaphor of fighting as both a pubic career and as an aspect of domestic violence.
Fuse Concert Review: Boy George on Tour — A Weird Comeback Show
If Boy George had carried on in this vein — working the best of the old in with the new, and keeping the soul roots upfront — the night would have been a surprise triumph.
Fuse Jazz Review: Jimmy Giuffre — Through the Lens of Dave Douglas and Riverside
In moments like these, the band Riverside captures the Jimmy Giuffre ideals of sonority and counterpoint — where even the drums act as another complementary linear voice.
Fuse Film Review: John Hubley Centennial — America’s Indispensable Designer of Animated Films
John Hubley was a dominant force in bringing animation out of the studio system and onto the drawing boards of individual artists . His life story is also an entryway into the social history and controversies of mid-20th century America.
In Brief
- Fuse Remembrance: The Late Joe Cook and His Chance to Record “The Twist”
Little Joe Cook, who died last week at 91, somehow turned his one Top-40 rock hit, 1957’s “Peanuts,” into the centerpiece of a never-ending Cantab Lounge gig.
- Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.
- Fuse Remembrance: Peter Matthiessen – The Last Frontiersman
The late writer Peter Matthiessen was one of the last great frontiersmen, one of the last great travelers taking voyages of discovery.
- Fuse News: Venice Biennale Honors MIT List Visual Art Center and Artist Joan Jonas
For both artist and curators, this is one of the great honors of the American art world.
Music
Jazz Week 2014: Wall-to-Wall Jazz with No Walls
Jazz Week 2014′s theme of “No Walls: A salute to the power of jazz to bring people together” emphasizes the place of jazz on the world stage.
Theater
Fuse Theater Review: “The Wholehearted” — Ringside at a Troubled Psyche
What makes “The Wholehearted” compelling is how it examines the metaphor of fighting as both a pubic career and as an aspect of domestic violence.
Film
Fuse Film Review: John Hubley Centennial — America’s Indispensable Designer of Animated Films
John Hubley was a dominant force in bringing animation out of the studio system and onto the drawing boards of individual artists . His life story is also an entryway into the social history and controversies of mid-20th century America.
Literature
Fuse Remembrance: Peter Matthiessen – The Last Frontiersman
The late writer Peter Matthiessen was one of the last great frontiersmen, one of the last great travelers taking voyages of discovery.
Visual Arts
Fuse Visual Arts Review: “Quilts and Color” — Far From Folk and Perhaps Beyond Art
Far from being the cool, detached, and cerebral creations of the color field artists, these quilts, imagined in their intended context, are deeply personal, sensuous, and alive.
Dance
Fuse Dance Review: “The Shape She Makes” — A Complex, Eloquent Hybrid of Dance and Theater
“The Shape She Makes” proffers an eloquent fusion of language and movement that pushes the boundaries of dance and theater without embracing the opaqueness that marks so many experimental productions.
Television
Fuse Television Commentary: Whither Stephen Colbert?
Now that the dust has settled after the announcement that Stephen Colbert will be replacing David Letterman on “The Late Show” next year, it is time for some thoughtful analysis.
Food
Fuse Food Commentary: The Fauvists of Cuisine — Test Tube or Taste Test?
Molecular gastronomy, the application of scientific principles to the understanding of domestic and gastronomic food principles is shaking up the food world harder than Shake ‘n Bake.
Video Games
Arts Fuse Year-End Fundraiser: Once More unto the Breach, Dear Friends, Once More
Please send tax deductible dollars to “The Arts Fuse” so the magazine can continue to serve its mission — we need funds to pay our writers, to continue to grow our readership, and to raise our visibility around the region.
Judicial Review
REVISED: Judicial Review #11: “The Great Gatsby” — A Great Opera?
This Judicial Review deals with the Boston premiere of John Harbison’s opera version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. Read the reactions and join the conversation.
Commentary
Fuse Television Commentary: Whither Stephen Colbert?
Now that the dust has settled after the announcement that Stephen Colbert will be replacing David Letterman on “The Late Show” next year, it is time for some thoughtful analysis.
Interview
Fuse Music Interview: The “Grease” guy –The Bo-Keys and John Nemeth bring the Memphis Sound to Town
Scott Bomar’s multi-generational band The Bo-Keys has almost single-handedly kept the soul tradition of the Stax and Hi labels alive.
Preview
Jazz Week 2014: Wall-to-Wall Jazz with No Walls
Jazz Week 2014′s theme of “No Walls: A salute to the power of jazz to bring people together” emphasizes the place of jazz on the world stage.
Review
Fuse Concert Review: Tenor Nicholas Phan and Pianist Myra Huang — A Dream Team
Tenor Nicholas Phan and pianist Myra Huang are a superb duo, and the pair’s recital was easily one of the highlights of this year’s concert season.
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