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Music Remembrance: Charlie Watts (1941-2021)

August 25, 2021
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Watts’ relentlessly unembellished drive on dozens of classic songs, from “Satisfaction” and “Shattered” to “Connection,” is what makes them so danceable.

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Rock Preview: The Zulus’ Reunion — A Band That Can’t Be Ignored

August 23, 2021
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“Once we have the chemistry in the room, it’ll come back,” says the Zulus’ guitarist Rich Gilbert.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (August Entry)

August 17, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s especially eclectic list includes The Allman Brothers Band, Roy Brown, Black Sabbath, Johann Sebastian Bach, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

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Rap Album Review: “Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine” — The Art of Musical Diversity

July 18, 2021
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Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine is Brockhampton’s tightest album to date.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (July Entry)

July 16, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and this month’s list includes Little Feat, Jonathan Edwards, Hot Tuna, The Red Detachment of Women, and Jimmy Witherspoon & Eric Burdon.

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Music Preview: Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Fireside Live Tour Is on Its Way

July 9, 2021
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Regardless of what the future holds, Derek Trucks said that he and his bandmates are grateful for every opportunity to get back in front of live audiences.

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July Short Fuses – Materia Critica

July 9, 2021
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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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Rock Album Preview: Sleater-Kinney’s “Path of Wellness” — Healing Hometown

June 17, 2021
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This version of the band is less gritty and angry then back in the ’90s, but it is still identifiably anarchistic.

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Rock Album Review: Goose’s “Shenanigans Nite Club” — Likeable and Durable

June 9, 2021
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The group’s exuberance makes it easy to like, an enthusiasm that is compounded by the quality of its live shows and its recordings.

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Rock Album Commentary: Rostam’s “Changephobia” — The Sound of Heroic Optimism

June 5, 2021
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As we emerge from the pandemic, Rostam’s Changephobia strikes the right healing notes for fatigued ears.

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