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Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2013

May 31, 2013
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[Updated June 21] Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer. Beaches reopen, and the jazz festival season follows close on their heels. Indeed, the first major festival kicks off this Friday, before June has even begun.

Fuse News: Arts and Culture Tips — What Will Light Your Fire This Week

May 31, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select some of the most promising in music, theater, and film for the coming week. A new feature!

Rock Review: Making Art Out of Homelessness — “Drifters/Love Is the Devil”

May 30, 2013
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After 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.

News Obituaries: Mulgrew Miller and Jean Bach

May 29, 2013
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The jazz world says goodbye to a much-loved pianist and to the documentarian of an iconic photo.

CD Reviews — “Martin Boykan: Orchestral Works” and “Reza Vali: Toward That Endless Plain” (BMOP Sound)

May 29, 2013
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Two new albums from BMOP Sound reflect the considerable artistry and vision of Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

CD Reviews: Isabelle Faust plays Bartók; Wolfgang Rihm’s Symphonie “Nähe fern”; Tokyo String Quartet plays Dvorak and Smetana; Thea Musgrave’s Chamber Works for Oboe (Harmonia Mundi)

May 29, 2013
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A round-up review of new releases from Harmonia Mundi — an invigorating crop of albums.

Jazz Review: Arrival day — The Allan Chase Septet Does Right by Sun Ra

May 24, 2013
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The 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.

Fuse Music News: Beantown Native Son Peter Rowan Returns to Teach Lessons From “The Old School”

May 24, 2013
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I 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.

Fuse Music News: The Tepid Lineup for Boston’s “Outside the Box” Festival

May 24, 2013
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Boston’s Outside the Box festival falls far short of its stated mission to be “revolutionary” or “world class.”

Fuse Rock Review: Palma Violets: “180” and Live at Brighton Music Hall — They Make Really Great Noise

May 24, 2013
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Palma Violets are the greatest live band I’ve ever seen. I’m not backing down from that.

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