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Alternative Rock Round-Up: From Black Metal to Electronic Rock

September 9, 2013
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Reviews of the latest music from Dean Blunt, Aaron Dilloway, Ulver, Perhaps, Wormlust, and Syndrome.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

September 6, 2013
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[Updated.] Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that’s coming up this week.

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Music Perspective / Preview: The Contemporary Improvisation at the New England Conservatory – “Where the Borders Disappear”

September 6, 2013
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The Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation program is one of the best things we have in New England music, and if you’ve lived for any length of time in the Boston area without attending one of its concerts, you’ve missed an important experience.

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Classical CD Review: Pianist Leon Fleisher — A Box Set of Greatness

September 5, 2013
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Leon Fleisher was part of an outburst of great North American pianists. Many were ill-fated, but, as this commanding box set proves, Fleisher stayed the course.

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Jazz Review: Crazy about Kaze, Satoko Fujii’s Quartet at the Lily Pad

September 3, 2013
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Satoko Fujii’s quartet could go from 0 to 100 at the drop of a hat, but only once in a while, and nearly always at the perfect time.

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Rock CD Review: Nine Inch Nails’ “Hesitation Marks” — Minimalism That Delivers Too Little

September 3, 2013
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In Hesitation Marks, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor foregoes trendy flourishes. He might have delivered a set of competently-made, stripped-back industrial tunes. But the end result is monotony.

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Classical CD Reviews: Kent Nagano/ Bruckner Symphonies and Christian Gerhaher/ Mahler’s Orchestral Lieder

September 2, 2013
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Christian Gerhaher is, perhaps, the great Mahler baritone of his generation, while Bruckner is, perhaps, a surprising choice for conductor Kent Nagano, whose championship of new music is legendary.

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Jazz Review: The Jussi Reijonen Quartet — Fascinating Eclecticism

September 2, 2013
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Jessie Reijonen’s eclectic and spacious approach to jazz is a deliberate attempt to investigate, not necessarily fuse, his disparate roots.

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Classical CD Reviews: Harmonia Mundi Serves up First-Rate Performances of Schubert and Elgar

September 1, 2013
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Harmonia Mundi has, of late, released a series of excellent Schubert albums.

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Fuse Jazz Review: Pianist Marc Cary — A Virtuoso Yarnspinner

August 31, 2013
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Pianist Marc Cary came to Sculler’s to play the neglected compositions of celebrated singer Abbey Lincoln.

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