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Arts Commentary: Shuttered Venue Operators Grant — To the Rescue

April 14, 2021
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We want to hear the music and see the show — so sharpen your pencil and get that dough.

Jazz Album Reviews: Pianists Masabumi Kikuchi and Theo Walentiny — Poetic Solo Flights

April 13, 2021
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Two albums, from a late master and a newbie, are notable additions to the current wave of introspective solo piano excursions.

Jazz Album Review: Miguel Zenón’s Law Years Band & Christian McBride’s New Jawn Band

April 12, 2021
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Two pianoless quartets + two restless leaders = some of the best music of the last few years.

Classical CD Review: György Ligeti’s “Études” — Well Played and Clearly Lived In

April 11, 2021
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Throughout these Études, Driver’s playing marries tonal warmth with textural precision.

April Short Fuses – Materia Critica

April 9, 2021
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (April Entry)

April 8, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and the list includes Marvin Gaye, Link Wray, David Bowie, Jean Knight, and The Rolling Stones.

Book Review: “The Search for John Lennon” — Going Down the Wrong Road

April 7, 2021
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In her search for John Lennon, the author follows her fancy and picks and chooses which rocks she wants to look under, all the while giving herself the space to wax poetic on whatever theme moves her. It’s an appealing approach. Too bad then that the book is a let down.

Book Review: “Last Chance Texaco” — Rickie Lee Jones Remembers

April 5, 2021
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Of all the biographies of female musicians I’ve read in the past year, Last Chance Texaco is the most transparent about the vagaries of fame.

Opera CD Review: Two Splendid World-Premiere Recordings Rediscover an Exotic Master of Song — Reynaldo Hahn

April 5, 2021
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Attention is being paid today to talented composers who have been sidelined or disdained because of their race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation. Reynaldo Hahn qualifies on several counts.

Author Interview: Talking to Miss Pat about her “Reggae Music Journey”

April 3, 2021
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Miss Pat, reggae’s Chinese-Jamaican matriarch, reflects on a life in riddim.

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