Interview

Book Interview: George Scialabba on Low Dishonest Decades — and the Dishonesty to Come

December 12, 2016
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Reading the essays in this collection is like receiving a first-rate tutorial on the way we live now and how we got here.

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Music Interview: Morgan Heritage — Pushing Reggae Forward

December 10, 2016
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Surprise! The New England roots of reggae’s sibling act Morgan Heritage.

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Book Interview: Natsume Sōseki — A Century After the Death of a Literary Giant

December 9, 2016
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Maybe finally we’re reaching the Natsume Sōseki moment in the English-speaking world.

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Film Interview: FilmStruck — Streaming Service for Classic Movies Arrives

November 29, 2016
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FilmStruck’s streaming service isn’t just an archive, it’s also an opportunity to reframe and refresh.

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Concert Preview: Grand Harmonie’s “Gods and Mortals”

November 4, 2016
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“Playing these standard pieces on period instruments is a little bit like reading a novel or poem in its original language.”

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Music Interview: Tish Hinojosa on Coming Home

November 3, 2016
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“Being an independent musician is kind of like having an organic farm.”

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Rock Interview: Talking with Brand X — After Decades, Back on Tour

October 23, 2016
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Brand X was essentially a bunch of top-flight session men who got together to blow off steam, a UK version of Weather Report.

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Arts Remembrance: Homage to Paul West — The Cosmic Range of an Eccentric Genius

October 18, 2016
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“Surely the passion for the plain, the homespun, the banal is itself a form of betrayal, a refusal to look honestly at a complex universe.”

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Dance Preview: “Black Ballerina” — Sparking Conversations about Dance and Race

October 17, 2016
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“Tokenism also plays into this issue. Some companies are hiring one dancer of color and they think they’ve done diversity.”

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Fuse Music Interview: Rock Against the TPP Comes to Boston

September 28, 2016
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We’re reminding everyone that fighting corruption and injustice is hard work, but it can be fun as hell too.

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