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Hot Night in Tanglewood

Don Quixote, Stalin, and a deadbeat 18th century nobleman trigger musical magic at a series of concerts in the Berkshires.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Music Tagged: Classical Music, Tanglewood

Arts Commentary: Classical Musical Chairs

The controversy over the appointment of a woman to become the conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra boils down to issues of power and gender. By Mark Kroll It’s been a tough year for conductors. In February, David Miller was in southern France conducting “Don Giovanni” with his Bulgarian orchestra when French police burst in […]

By: Mark Kroll Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Music Tagged: Classical Music, Marin-Alsop, New-Cologne-Philharmonic

Music Review: The Folk Rock Boys

Frank Black of the Pixies and bad boy Ryan Adams have put out new albums that, at their mellow best, skillfully substitute pedal steel for screams. By Danielle Dreilinger The 2005 Newport Folk Festival made an unusual decision when it came time to pick their Saturday headliner: seminal indie-rock band the Pixies, famous for the […]

By: Danielle Dreilinger Filed Under: Folk, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Danielle Dreilinger, Frank Black, Ryan Adams

The Aunties of Uncle Earl

Despite the fame of Alison Krauss, women bluegrass performers have been rare. The arrival of the all-female quintet Uncle Earl suggests things are going to change.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Music Tagged: Folk-Music, Grey-Fox-Bluegrass-Festival, Kristin-Andreassen

Bound to be Beautiful

For some contemporary artists, the traditional idea of the book as paper and ink is up for grabs as was shown at a conference at Wellesley College

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Visual Arts Tagged: book-binding, book-covers, illustrated-books, Milo Miles, Visual Arts

Cosmic Cloak and Dagger

Spanish literary phenomenon Javier Marias has come up with a spy novel that is more concerned with a theoretical investigation of truth, trust, and betrayal than with cloak and dagger spying.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books Tagged: Javier-Marias, Spanish-literature

Book Review: Clones R Us

Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel explores a future that’s already happened. “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro. (Knopf) By Liza Weisstuch In the popular imagination, science fiction novels are supposed to be set in the future, anywhere from two years ahead to centuries. Often, these stories ruminate on how the latest technology changes humanity and […]

By: Liza Weisstuch Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged: Clones, Kazuo-Ishiguro, science-fiction

Perfectly Picaresque

The Decemberists’ album offers a lineup of tunes that would soothe Shakespeare on a balmy evening.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Music, Rock Tagged: Music, The-Decemberists

Classical Music Commentary: Past Imperfect

Old recordings of classical music may have less to teach us than many critics think. By Mark Kroll It has been more than 100 years since the first wax cylinder scratched out a reproduction of someone screaming into a megaphone, but classical music recordings still “can’t get no respect.” A common lament has been that, […]

By: Mark Kroll Filed Under: Music Tagged: Classical Music, Mark Kroll, old recordings

Visual Arts Review: Cartoon Memoirist

By Milo Miles Iranian expatriate Marjane Satrapi continues to expand the art of the comic book. Back in the ’40s, the long-standing prejudice that comic books were incapable of presenting serious, adult matters was exploded by such artists as Bernie Krigstein, Harvey Kurtzman, and Will Eisner. But the discovery of how just how uniquely valuable […]

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured Tagged: Graphic-Novels, Iran, Marjane-Satrapi, Milo Miles, Persepolis

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