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Commentary: Donald Trump and the New Culture War

January 17, 2017
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Who might be chosen to receive a Kennedy Center Honor from President Trump who wouldn’t refuse it?

Arts Review/Commentary: Climate Change and Artistic Derangement

January 3, 2017
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Why haven’t American theater companies dealt seriously with climate change?

Feature: Best Live Music Shows of 2016 — As Well as Some Disappointments

December 31, 2016
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Our Roots and World Music critic looks back at a year of live performances.

Commentary: Top Classical Recordings of 2016

December 17, 2016
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I make no claims to have listened to everything released in 2016; here are my picks for the top classical recordings of the year.

Commentary: Best Classical Performances of 2016

December 16, 2016
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Picks for the top live classical performances of 2016. Feel free to agree, disagree, add to them, come up with your own list, etc.

Cultural Commentary: Things Get Worse at the Boston Globe and Elsewhere — More Arts Criticism Bites the Dust

November 15, 2016
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Many of today’s arts editors and reviewers embrace a lilliputian vision of arts criticism; they accept a crabbed sense of its possibilities.

Arts Commentary: Music for Times of Trouble

November 14, 2016
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I’ve been most impressed by the manner in which these composers, in these works, took strong moral and/or political stands.

Cultural Commentary: Wells Fargo — Let Them Eat Art

October 3, 2016
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Is truth and beauty served when the arts just take the money from the big banks and run?

Music Commentary/Preview: 2016 Fall Orchestral Season Overview

September 14, 2016
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In the six years I’ve now been reviewing for the Fuse, I can honestly say that the 2016-17 season looks to be one of the liveliest in recent memory.

Arts Commentary: When You Think Things Can’t Get Worse — More Arts Criticism Bites the Dust

September 1, 2016
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The loss of arts criticism means severe economic challenges for arts and culture down the food chain.

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