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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

August 1, 2024
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This week’s poem: Joseph Fraser’s “Skyline Park, Arlington”

Music Festival Review: The Newport Folk Festival — Not Tired, By a Long Shot

July 31, 2024
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The Newport Folk Festival always pulls off unique, unexpected collaborations, while it embraces a head-spinning lineup of diverse genres that reflects its spirit of community.

Dance Review: Moses Pendleton’s MOMIX Make a Delightful Return to Jacob’s Pillow

July 30, 2024
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For MOMIX’S performance at Jacob’s Pillow, Moses Pendelton assembled a “greatest hits” selection of sixteen vignettes from the troupe’s oeuvre.

Film Review: Tongues Are Untied in “Kneecap”

July 30, 2024
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A frenetic, funny, foul-mouthed, and sometimes facile testament to the fact that language matters.

Musician Interview: Slash Sings the Blues at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival

July 30, 2024
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In support of the release of his album “Orgy of the Damned,” Slash is not just touring; he’s putting on a distinctive concert experience with a positive message.

Latin Jazz Album Reviews: Three From Brazil With Love

July 30, 2024
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Any aficionado of Brazilian music and jazz will find plenty to be delighted by in these three discs. 

Musician Interview: Veteran Vocalist/Pianist Ben Sidran on Expanding the Aural Horizon in “Rainmaker”

July 29, 2024
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“Popular music in America is already so formulated and dumbed-down that the fear of AI making it more trivial is probably beside the point.”

Jazz Album Review: Jeff Scott’s “Passion for Bach and Coltrane”

July 29, 2024
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A belated appreciation of one of 2023’s most interesting releases – this Grammy-winning “compendium” may not be a strongly unified work, but its individual parts are eloquent residents of the Place Between classical and jazz.

Theater Review: A Warm-Hearted “Winter’s Tale”

July 28, 2024
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A relaxed, humane kindness shines through this staging of Shakespeare’s hymn to reconciliation.

Musician Interview: “Getting It Back,” A Documentary about the Surprising Story of Afro-Funk Pioneers Cymande

July 28, 2024
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The band’s potent, percussive sound was years ahead of its time, as proven by today’s red hot London jazz scene, whose biggest stars are audibly influenced by Cymande.

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