Arts Fuse Editor
Nell Zink’s latest novel is vast, aspiring to epic stature — it’s a curious take on the times that have befallen us.
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Heard as a Miles Davis record pure and simple, Rubberband is one of the strongest from the comeback period.
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Looking at that photo now, soon after the anniversary of her death, Aretha’s shutter-snap of connection with me seems a blessing.
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Octave is issuing twelve sessions (“newly restored and expanded”) of Erroll Garner material from the ’60s and ’70s, when the popular pianist was at the height of his career.
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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For me, about half of the compositions here successfully reflect the artistic visions of the painters that inspired the music.
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Satanic Panic is a crazy ride, managing along the way to poke fun at the lifestyles of the rich and bored, reminding us that decadence among the upper classes is very scary indeed.
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In a taut 90 minutes, The Lifespan of a Fact zeroes in on some key issues that we’re grappling with as a country — or ought to be.
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For anyone interested in the man or that era, De Gaulle is indispensable.
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Johnny Hodges was originally a Cambridge/Boston guy, and one of the most interesting sections of Con Chapman biography is his knowledgeable description of the local jazz scene in the 1910’s and ’20s.
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Arts Commentary & CD Reviews: On The Kennedy Center, Ben Folds, & Gustav Mahler