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Fuse Book Review: Peter Kramer’s Fight for Optimism about Antidepressants

July 29, 2016
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In this book, Peter D. Kramer counters what he sees as an ill-informed and dangerous backlash against antidepressant medications.

Music Interview: Prog-rocker Billy Sherwood and His Passion for Yes

July 29, 2016
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“Hey, the more Yes music being played in 2016, the better.”

Theater Review: At Shakespeare & Company — Tina Packer’s Masterful “Merchant of Venice”

July 28, 2016
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Shakespeare & Company’s staging of Merchant of Venice is the strongest this critic has ever seen or could hope to.

Fuse Preview: The Lowell Folk Festival at 30 — A Family Affair

July 27, 2016
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Most of the can’t-miss acts on this year’s Lowell Folk Fest roster are artists who make preserving musical traditions a family business.

Cultural Commentary: Artwashing — Aiding Derelict Neighborhoods or Abetting Social Inequity?

July 27, 2016
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For the anti-gentrification critics, urban deterioration should be left the way it is.

Book Review: “Serious Bidness” — Seriously Deranged

July 27, 2016
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Devotees of modern and contemporary art will find this an inscrutable yet irresistible 72-page book.

Theater Review: “Mercury’s Ashes” — A Beautiful Mystery Story

July 27, 2016
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Homophobia may not have been behind Freddie Mercury’s decision to keep the location of his ashes a secret, but it hardly ruins Mercury’s Ashes.

Book Review: “How to Listen to Jazz” — A Helpful Earful

July 26, 2016
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Readers inspired to take a listening journey from Gioia’s historical perspective will benefit greatly from his delineation of jazz’s various forms.

Book Review: “Every Song Ever” — Notes From an Enigmatic Ear

July 26, 2016
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Ben Ratliff’s volume about how to listen to music is full of fairly radical but largely undefended assertions.

Book Review and Commentary: Testaments to the Wonderful Ears of Ralph J. Gleason

July 26, 2016
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A writer has to write for the now or to write for the ages. Gleason almost always chose the now, but his best moments go deeper.

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