Music

Fuse Music Round-up: The Year in Alternative Music … So Far

June 7, 2014
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There have been three pop LPs this year that I’ve really been digging: they are gloriously wacky.

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Fuse Concert Preview: Commonwealth Lyric Theater’s “Mozart and Salieri”

June 7, 2014
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Thanks to CLT’s pluck and commitment to underperformed repertoire, Boston audiences have the chance to check out the rarely performed opera “Mozart and Salieri” for themselves.

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Concert Review: Singer Ute Gfrerer at Goethe Institut — An Evening of Uncommon Grace

June 4, 2014
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Singer Ute Gfrerer’s name should be spread far and wide to anyone — Jewish or not — who is interested in the music of that period, for this is first-rate work that should be heard for generations to come.

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Fuse Concert Review: Progressive Rock — Seven Hours of Celebration

June 2, 2014
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Even by the standards of prog shows, which only get close to mainstream if a Yes or Rush is headlining, these bands were largely from the underground.

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Jazz Review: Singer Kris Adams — Making Beautiful Music, Easily

June 2, 2014
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Kris Adams is one of those singers who can do amazing things without ostentatious showiness.

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Concert Review: Lorelei Ensemble — An All-Female Group of Outstanding, Committed Singers.

May 31, 2014
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What is perhaps most astonishing is that the Lorelei Ensemble seems, in its current formation, like the most natural of phenomena.

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Music Commentary: Help Make “Roadrunner” the Official Rock Song of Massachusetts

May 30, 2014
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Bay Staters, be warned – we are living in a state without an official rock song. Luckily, if we pitch in, we can help the government solve this problem.

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Rock Review: Two Neo-Psychedelic Oddities — Outlandish Sonic Journeys Worth Taking

May 28, 2014
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These challenging LPs offer opposing, but equally thrilling, aural/cinematic adventures: one is an overblown grindhouse flick, the other a wondrous fantasy feature.

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Concert Review: Pianist Sean Chen — A Musician of Impressive Maturity and Artistry

May 27, 2014
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A critic can only wish pianist Sean Chen well in what bodes to be a spectacular career.

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Album Review: Coldplay’s “Ghost Stories” — Going Through a Rough Patch

May 25, 2014
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Coldplay’s “Ghost Stories” is not a fun or a happy listen, but it is a worthwhile one.

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