Noah Schaffer

Roots and World Music Review: Favorite and Least Favorite Shows of 2014

January 16, 2015
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Better Late Than Never: Fuse Music Critic Noah Schaffer’s favorite live music moments from the past year.

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Arts Remembrance: Bishop Lee Mitchell — An Appreciation

December 31, 2014
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A beloved figure to both the local gospel community and deep southern soul collectors, Bishop Lee Mitchell has passed following a long illness.

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Music Interview: Spencer Taylor Jr. — Gospel’s Godfather Comes to Dorchester

December 3, 2014
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Legendary gospel performer Spencer Taylor Jr. and the Highway QC’s will be part of the biggest traditional gospel program of the year in Boston.

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Music Feature: At the Lowell Folk Festival — “Da Butt” is no joke for EU

July 24, 2014
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Sugar Bear and his legendary go-go band are coming to the Lowell Folk Festival.

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Fuse News: Puerto Rican Festival Stays Downtown – And Other Summer Outdoor World Music Notes

June 9, 2014
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Once again the Festival Puertorriqueño de Massachusetts will be a downtown affair.

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Music Interview: Talking With the “Mavericks” Man

May 9, 2014
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Mavericks drummer Paul Deakin on his band’s resurrection and 25th anniversary

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Music Interview: From Spouge to Soul — The Bajan Journey of Shirley Stewart

May 9, 2014
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A former Medford resident, singer Shirley Stewart will be returning for a career retrospective, part of the Caribbean Connection Mother’s Day Affair tomorrow in Boston.

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Fuse Music Interview: The “Grease” guy –The Bo-Keys and John Nemeth bring the Memphis Sound to Town

April 11, 2014
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Scott Bomar’s multi-generational band The Bo-Keys has almost single-handedly kept the soul tradition of the Stax and Hi labels alive.

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Music Interview: 60’s Sunshine Pop Pioneer Bruce Arnold “Finds the Time” for Orpheus

February 12, 2014
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“We pushed the pause button a while ago…..now we have pushed the play button. The big difference is that we have 220 years of combined professional experience between us this time out.”

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Fuse Interview: Tarrus Riley — “I sing not for the chart, but for the heart”

February 6, 2014
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Tarrus Riley and his Dean Fraser-led Black Soil Band are touring, and the group is coming to Revere’s Wonderland Ballroom tomorrow.

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