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Album Review: James Taylor’s “Before This World” — Still Singing Pretty

June 15, 2015
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Before This World is a remarkable collection of what James Taylor calls “agnostic hymns, recovery songs and love songs” that stands up to the best of his work.

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Theater Review: “Three” Equals Zero

June 14, 2015
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In truth, Three is not much of a play at all, but an anthology of “very special episodes” of an unproduced television or web series.

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Fuse Theater Review: “after all the terrible things I do” — Taking a Safe Stand

June 13, 2015
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Scripts of this well-intentioned variety are big on exalting forgiveness and empathy – calls for justice are rare for obvious reasons.

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Jazz Remembrance: Ornette is Gone, and Musicians Reacted

June 12, 2015
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The profound impact of Ornette Coleman can be seen in the reactions of the music world to his passing.

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Rock Concert Review: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Live at Boston Opera House

June 12, 2015
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The highlight of the concert came at the midway point, when Noel Gallagher started strumming an acoustic guitar as a tambourine tapped behind him.

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Music Remembrance: Ornette Coleman — The Gentle Iconoclast

June 12, 2015
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Ornette Coleman’s music was avant-garde but, perhaps unconsciously, his notion of art as free lyrical adventure was deeply American.

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Concert Review: More Masterly Monteverdi from the Boston Early Music Festival

June 11, 2015
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The Boston Early Music Festival’s production of Monteverdi’s final opera, L’incoronazione di Poppea, is not to be missed.

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Fuse Visual Arts Feature: The Pentalum at Lawn on D — A Marvelously Trippy Light Show

June 11, 2015
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“Pentalum” is an example of soft, temporal architecture: its geometric sculptural forms push against the boundaries of an interactive environmental art installation.

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Film Review: “Archie’s Betty” — A Charming Documentary about Comic Book Americana

June 11, 2015
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Here is a terrific documentary that will appeal to people who grew up in the mid-20th century and also their children and grandchildren.

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Film Review: “Heaven Knows What” — Hitting the Mean Streets For Real

June 11, 2015
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The Safdie brothers are willing to look at hard truths, creating a movie that retains the immediacy and the tragedy of addiction.

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