Music
Bottom line: these are excellent performances and a valuable documentation of Elliott Carter’s early work.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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Dedicated to experimentation and creative collaboration, Promises delivers an otherworldly, dreamlike experience.
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and this month’s list includes The Temptations, Janis Joplln, John Hartford, Carole King, and The Carpenters.
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New discs from James Brandon Lewis and Vijay Iyer merit serious attention from admirers of improvised music.
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev imagines an Afro-Punk duo whose edgy look and aggressive sound offer a way of addressing timely issues around race and representation.
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Egon Wellesz’s Weimar era critique of the cruelty of nations that are victorious in war still rings hauntingly true.
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A welcome addition to Scottish percussionist Colin Currie’s endlessly fascinating discography – as well as to Austrian maverick HK Gruber’s.
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If this is your first Bluebeard’s Castle, Susanna Mälkki’s recording makes for a fine, occasionally inspired, introduction.
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Chronicling Stankonia is an engaging read, one that adroitly balances rigorous academic research with a deeply personal narrative about Black life and art in the post-Civil Rights Era in the South.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025