Music
Arts Fuse critics select some of the most promising in music, theater, and film for the coming week. A new feature!
Read MoreAfter the critical success of 2011’s “Badlands,” Alex Zhang Hungtai returns with the release of “Drifters/Love is the Devil” — a double album that expresses trauma in two devastating ways — the direct and the atmospheric.
Read MoreThe jazz world says goodbye to a much-loved pianist and to the documentarian of an iconic photo.
Read MoreTwo new albums from BMOP Sound reflect the considerable artistry and vision of Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
Read MoreA round-up review of new releases from Harmonia Mundi — an invigorating crop of albums.
Read MoreThe music Allan Chase’s septet presented at the Lily Pad on Wednesday night made a cogent argument for Sun Ra’s place among the great jazz composers.
Read MoreI confess: I also was among those who witnessed Peter Rowan play a zillion years ago, circa 1970, when he sang like an angel with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys.
Read MoreBoston’s Outside the Box festival falls far short of its stated mission to be “revolutionary” or “world class.”
Read MorePalma Violets are the greatest live band I’ve ever seen. I’m not backing down from that.
Read MoreVampire Weekend may hail from New York City, but with their boat shoes, button downs, and lyrics like, “Irish and proud, baby, naturally/But you got the luck of a Kennedy,” Massachusetts is their true spiritual home.
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