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Fuse News: In Memoriam — Sir Colin Davis (1927-2013)

April 16, 2013
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Indeed, for much of the latter part of his career, Colin Davis was that rarest of breeds, a conductor seemingly without ego, one who made music simply for the love of it.

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Fuse Concert Review: Michael McHale and the Discovery Ensemble/Courtney Lewis

April 15, 2013
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Sunday’s concert had the Discovery Ensemble and conductor Courtney Lewis playing with uncommon vigor and focus: this was one of the most exciting symphonic performances that any local orchestra has given this season.

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Jazz Review — Pianist Donal Fox and Cellist Maya Beiser at the ICA

April 12, 2013
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Pianist Donal Fox is a classical musician by training, and in style, with a yen for improvisation and, one might add, an unwillingness to let things be.

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Music Review: Bob Dylan at UMass-Lowell, Tsongas Center

April 11, 2013
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The emotional peak of the entire night was Bob Dylan’s gently understated performance of “What Good Am I?” from 1989’s Oh Mercy.

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Music Review: The Legendary Barbara Cook Comes to Town

April 9, 2013
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Barbara Cook’s gift is to illuminate a song’s words as a great actress would, while somehow having a beautiful voice at an age at which no opera singer could possibly imagine performing.

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Dance/Music Review: See Dave Lead — Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra

April 8, 2013
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You have to appreciate a guy who expressed his concern for both the drought on the Texas plains and the local arts community’s drought in terms of cancelled jazz programming on WGBH and the closing of the BOSTON PHOENIX.

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Jazz Review: Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall

April 6, 2013
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The Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra sought bravely to straddle the jazz and classical worlds with a little help from some star soloists.

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Fuse News: Rdio Creates Vdio, An Online Video Service

April 4, 2013
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Yesterday the folks behind Rdio.com, the online music subscription service, started unveiling Vdio, an online video rental and sales service.

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Fuse News: Buy American? Non-American Bands in American Commercials

April 3, 2013
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It was while watching the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament that I stumbled upon an interesting trend: non-American rock music being used in American advertising campaigns.

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Classical Music Interview: Amelia LeClair of Cappella Clausura — Conductor and Detective

April 3, 2013
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“Once people hear this music they do indeed come back for it – it is pleasing on so many levels: it soars, it soothes, it excites, it transports.”

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