Music

Fuse Best of 2013 — Music

December 14, 2013
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Arts Fuse Critics pick the best in music albums this year. Feel free to agree, disagree, and add your own favorites.

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Classical Music Feature: A Beautiful Friendship Between Food and Music — Boston Baroque and UpStairs on the Square

December 13, 2013
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Conductor Martin Pearlman and restaurant proprietor Mary-Catherine Deibel talk about their 35 year-old friendship.

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Fuse Music Preview: Indie Rock Ranger’s Holiday Spectacular

December 9, 2013
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Indie Rock Ranger’s Holiday Spectacular offers an eclectic lineup that runs from the grunge/hard rock-inspired sound of Harris Hawk to the more poppy/dance rock of Freezepop—a little something for everyone and anyone.

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Fuse Music Preview: Guinga Comes to Berklee

December 9, 2013
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“He’s someone who appears only once in a hundred years.”—Hermeto Pascoal

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Concert Review: Mistral — A Welcome Act of Musical Chutzpah

December 8, 2013
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Mistral’s Artistic Director and flutist Julie Scolnik knows, after 17 successful years, how to run a terrific series – hire the best people, present a unifying theme, and program excellent music.

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Concert Review: Boston Early Music Festival’s Glorious Highlights

December 7, 2013
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The more I hear performed by the BEMF, especially their operas, the more deeply impressed – and thankful – I am.

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Music Interview: A Talk with Singer Luciana Souza

December 3, 2013
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“I like singing live; I try to sing well live, I try to prepare myself for the audience, for that room. And I care a great deal about singing live, because I think that’s the experience of jazz. Even if I’m singing Brazilian music.”

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Book Review: “Next Big Thing” — The Music Scene and Rock Clubs of 1980s Boston, Revived

November 30, 2013
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In “Next Big Thing,” Terry Kitchen’s prose brings 1980s Boston, its music scene, and its rock clubs—from the long gone Rathskeller to the still standing Paradise—to life.

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Album Review: Singer/Songwriter Jake Bugg Approaches “Shangri La”

November 27, 2013
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Jake Bugg is hardly a punk, but he’s definitely acquired a bite that he didn’t have on his debut album.

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Concert Review: Wayne Shorter’s 80th Birthday Celebration — A Memorable Bash

November 26, 2013
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One doesn’t come away from a Wayne Shorter Quartet performance merely raving about individual accomplishments: the set on Sunday night never felt like just a compelling sequence of solos.

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