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Music Remembrance: Singer Ronnie Spector — 1943-2022

January 13, 2022
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Brian Wilson tweeted: “I loved her voice so much and she was a very special person and a dear friend. This just breaks my heart. Ronnie’s music and spirit will live forever.”

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project – Celebrating a Great Year in Music (January Entry)

January 10, 2022
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Arts Fuse writers finish their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s triumphant list includes John Lennon, Cat Stevens, Fela Kuti, Laura Nyro, Judee Sill, and Lou Harrison.

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January Short Fuses – Materia Critica

January 8, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Album Review: Arca — Getting Her KICKS

December 31, 2021
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The Kick album cycle drives home the essence of Arca’s musical vision: constant, relentless transformation.

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Arts Feature: Music That Sustained Us Through (Another) Year of the Pandemic

December 26, 2021
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Canadian singer/songwriter Allison Russell’s Outside Child made two lists. And so did Little Simz’s Sometime I Might Be Introvert.

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Arts Remembrance: Michael Nesmith

December 10, 2021
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With Michael Nesmith’s passing, Boomers of a certain age feel another piece of their youth disappearing.

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Music Documentary: “The Beatles: Get Back” — Back to Where They Once Belonged

December 7, 2021
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Who else, but The Beatles, could command this much attention, of this many people, for that long of a time, and still be interesting, even joyous?

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project – Celebrating a Great Year in Music (December Entry)

December 6, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s diverse list includes Elton John, Paul and Linda McCartney, Humble Pie, Miles Davis, and Nick Drake.

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Rock CD Review: John Powhida International Airport — “This Phasor Sounds Divine”

December 4, 2021
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Like his idol, Todd Rundgren, John Powhida is a bit of a musical shape-shifter, evoking a broad range of styles but always with his unique and easily recognizable stamp.

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Rock Concert Review: Bob Dylan X 2 — Performing in Boston and Providence

November 28, 2021
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At 80 years old, Bob Dylan sounds imperturbable and fierce.

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