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Author Interview: Welcome to the “Mad World” of New Wave Music of the 1980s

June 22, 2014
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“It was an unusual time in music when the-powers-that-be were very hands-off. They left the art to the artists.”

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Fuse Concert Review: A Fun Visit to the ’70s Classic-Rock Zone

June 21, 2014
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Classic rock (which is really a radio format, not a musical genre) is a strange animal, which has spawned an audience that apparently cares more about hit songs and memories than about who’s actually onstage.

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Opera Review: Odyssey Opera’s “Un giorno di regno” — A Delightful Confection

June 20, 2014
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May Odyssey Opera continue gracing Boston’s opera scene for seasons to come with such delightful performances as this.

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Music Review: Rufus Wainwright’s Open Heart

June 20, 2014
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Rufus Wainwright is like that: unfiltered family love and dysfunction threaded through whammo pop tunes wrapped in the sequins of more than a little clear-to-those-who-know celebrity.

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Jazz Commemoration and Comment: Horace Silver, 1928 – 2014

June 19, 2014
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He knew what he wanted to do, he did it, and he took millions along for the ride.

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Fuse Rock Concert Review: Widespread Panic Hits a Collective Groove

June 15, 2014
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Even by Widespread Panic’s intuitive standards, this was a fairly challenging show: The setlist seemed to favor their deeper, less outgoing material.

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

June 13, 2014
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The Commonwealth Lyric Theater has again brought to the fore an underperformed, unfamiliar masterpiece well worth getting to know. Good for them and lucky for us.

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Concert Review: At Rockport Music — Violinist Stefan Jackiw and Pianist Anna Polonsky

June 12, 2014
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Violinist Stefan Jackiw and pianist Anna Polonsky created another Rockport Music evening to remember.

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Fuse Concert Review: Rockport Chamber Music Festival Presents Death and the Emersons

June 10, 2014
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The challenging viola part takes prominence in Shostakovich’s String Quartet no. 13, highlighting an essential yet oft-unsung voice of a string quartet.

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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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