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Jazz Album Review: Christian McBride’s “For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver” — A Mighty Cheery Big Band

September 22, 2020
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Inspired by their leader, bassist Christian McBride, the musicians in this big band always sound like they are having the times of their lives.

Jazz Album Review: Butcher Brown’s “#KingButch” — Beautifully Blurring Retro and Progressive

September 21, 2020
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“Best band in the world”? Butcher Brown spends the next 40 minutes or so living up to its boast, as song after song heads off into a different direction without a stumble or misfire.

Shelter in Place Attractions: October 16 through November 3 — What Will Light Your Home Fires

September 20, 2020
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In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Opera Album Review: Ermonela Jaho, a Soprano We Need Today

September 19, 2020
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A world-star soprano, in her magnificent prime at age 36, offers her first recital CD, and you can participate in its online “launch.”

TV Review: “Ratched” — A Sensational Sartorial Folly

September 18, 2020
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Ratched is lurid, violent, sexually explicit, outrageous, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Ken Kesey’s novel or Milos Forman’s award-winning film adaptation.

Visual Arts Commentary: Digital Media — Public Art Is a Bridge to Our New Normal

September 17, 2020
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In a time when everyday seems like Wednesday, creative use of new media is a visual and experiential bridge to our new and hopefully innovative normal.

Music Album Review: Lomelda’s “Hannah” — A Wonderful Tenderness

September 16, 2020
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The intimate emotions captured by Hannah are enhanced by Lomelda’s ability to be both revelatory and inscrutable in the same breath.

Film Review and Interview: Bill Flanagan on Jimmy Carter — Rock & Roll President

September 15, 2020
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After the misery, cynicism, and division of the past four years, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President is a breath of fresh air.

Book Review: “Murder and the Movies” — So Cinematic, the Spectacle of Death

September 14, 2020
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Our awareness of our delight in the homicidal temptations presented by film is itself a kind of twisted comedy that the critic is all too aware of.

Opera Album Review: A Leading Master of 17th-Century Venetian Opera Struts His Stuff

September 14, 2020
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Lovers of Baroque opera will welcome this release: the first recording — and a very accomplished and communicative one —of an important opera by a pioneer and master.

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