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Rock Concert Review: The “Remain in Light” Tour — A Very Welcome Revival

The 11-piece group frontloaded its 90-minute set for immediate impact, answering the biggest challenge — replacing the vocal charisma of David Byrne — with a communal approach.

By: Paul Robicheau Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Adrian Belew, Cool Cool Cool, Jerry Harrison, Paul Robicheau, Remain in Light, Talking Heads

Visual Arts Review: The Dazzling Vodou Flags of Myrlande Constant

It is stunning to see these flags of beads and sequins on cloth, and the adjectives keep on coming — hypnotic, baroque, beguiling, hallucinatory.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: David D'Arcy, Drapo, Fort Gansevoort, Haitian art, Myrlande Constant

Coming Attractions: March 12 Through 28 — What Will Light Your Fire

As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Preview Tagged: Bill-Marx, Jon Garelick, Jonathan Blumnhofer, Matt Hanson, Merli V. Guerra, Noah Schaffer, peter-Walsh, Tim Jackson

Classical Music Album Review: Bamberger Symphoniker’s “Liebestod” — Anything But Sleepy

Don’t let the redundancy of much of this album’s repertoire dissuade you. On all the vital metrics, Liebestod delivers

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: "Liebestod", accentus, Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša

Film Review: “Living” — Ode to Joy

Featuring a transcendent performance by Bill Nighy, Living inspires viewers to look inward, and then outward, gently begging us to muster whatever power we have to seize the day.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Bill Nighy, Kazuo-Ishiguro, Living, Oliver Hermanus, Peg Aloi

Album Review: A Past Fit for the Future –“Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium”

Projects such as Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium extricate the resilient voice of the people from the cacophony of current ideological intervention.

By: Jeremy Ray Jewell Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Music, Review, World Music Tagged: Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium, Corey Harris, Craft Recordings, Ted Olson

Classical Album Review: Missy Mazzoli’s “Dark with Excessive Bright”

Missy Mazzoli’s scoring is generally airy and virtuosic, yet Dark with Excessive Bright doesn’t seem to add up to more than the sum of its parts.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bis, Dark with Excessive Bright, Missy Mazzoli, Peter Herresthal

Rock Concert Review: Elvis Costello — Proudly Flaunting his Dependability and Unpredictability

Elvis Costello loves to visit various regions of the past but wouldn’t dare move to any of them permanently.

By: Blake Maddux Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Elvis Costello, Steve Thomas, The Cabot

Classical Concert Review: The Boston Symphony Orchestra Plays Davis, Dawson, and Bonds

While balancing the scales of justice can be difficult work, the effort is an important act of generosity, even love.

By: Aaron Keebaugh Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Aaron Keebaugh, Anthony Davis, Anthony McGill, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Wilkins, William Levi Dawson

Television Review: “History of the World, Part II” — D Grade “History”

Hulu’s History of the World, Part II — the damn thing isn’t funny.

By: Jason M. Rubin Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: History of the World, Hulu, Mel Brooks, Nick Kroll, Part II

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