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March Short Fuses — Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: Alice Phoebe Lou, Antigone, Arch-Conspirator, Backwoodz Studioz, Blake Maddux, Boston in Transit: Mapping the History of Public Transportation in The Hub, Buffalo Philharmonic, Christian Tezlaff, Clea Simon, Donna Leon, Eyelids, Garret Shanley, Greek Tragedy, Grove Atlantic, JoAnn Falletta, Lars Vogt, Lorcan Finnegan, Margaret Bonds, Mark Favermann, MIT Press, Nocebo, Ondine, science-fiction, SKECH185, So Shall You Reap, Sophocles, Steve Erickson, Steven Beaucher, Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence, strongboi, Tanya Tetzlaff, Veronica Roth, Ziv Yamin

February Short Fuses — Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: A Little Prayer, and Spain, Andrea Riseborough, Angus MacLachlan, Anna Diop, Celia Weston, David Strathairn, De’Shawn Charles Winslow, Decent People, Dhafer Youssef, Food, Francois-Xavier Roth, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, Hank Willis Thomas, Hélène Jawhara Piñer, Jews, Jonathan Blumhofer, Laura Mora Ortega, Les Nuits de Paris, Les Siècles, Nanny, Nikki Giovanni, Nikyatu Jusu, Street Of Minarets, Susan Miron, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Embrace, The Kings of the World, The Sixth Decade from Paris to Paris, To Leslie, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

January Short Fuses — Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Short Fuses Tagged: Assembly Row, Cambodia, Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation, Drifting, ECM, Elieen Myles, Erato, Grove-Press, insanity, John Nelsons, Mark Favermann, Mette Henriette, Michael Spyres, Nick Seaver, Open-Letter, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Pathetic Literature, Roosters Crow Dogs Cry, The Conversation, University of Chicago Press, Wojciech Tochman

December Short Fuses — Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Short Fuses Tagged: A Golden Cello Decade: 1878-1888, Allen Michie, Alpha, Amanda Forsythe, Apollo's Fire, Avie, Barbara Hannigan, Beams, Camerata RCO, Connie Shih, Dan Costa, Drew Hart, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Heavenly Bach, Hyperion, In Sickness: A Memoir, Paul Hillier, Post Hill Press, Queen, rock, Sagging Meniscus Press, Sehnsucht, Six Moon Hill, Steven Isserlis, The Architects Collaborative, The Miracle Collector’s Edition, This is the Afterlife, Vespers & Complete All-Night Vigil

November Short Fuses — Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Short Fuses Tagged: Allen Michie, Bill-Marx, Debussy: Early and Late Piano Works, Gerald Peary, Jonathan Blumhofer, Kate Baker, Kathlyn Horan, Mark Favermann, Paul Robicheau, Poor Naked Wretches, Reaktion Books, Return to Shore: the Duo Sessions, Shakespeare, Stephen Unwin, Steven Osborne, Susan Miron, The Blue Trees, The Comet is Coming, The Return of Tanya Tucker-Featuring Brandi Carlile, Vic Juris

October Short Fuses – Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: Ana Nelson, Andres Institute of Art, Andres Institute of Art Public Art Symposium 2022, Bamboo Dart Press, Big Wild, Bill-Marx, Bridges, Jonathan Blumhofer, Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now, Lisa Batiashvili, Lyon Street, Marc Zegans, Mark Favermann, Me to Play, Nothing Compares, Pavement, Peter Keough, Peter Wortsman, Sinead O’Connor, Stephen Malkmus, The Efferusphere

September Short Fuses – Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: (Irresistible/Revolutionary), Al Foster, Bill-Marx, Candid Records, Coleman Hawkins, Columbia University Press, Craig Davis, Darren Byler, Dodo Marmarosa, Ex Tenebris Lux, Faya Dayi, Jazz Reunion, Jessica Beshir, Mark Favermann, Norah Jones, Ondine, Pee Wee Russell, Peter Keough, Regina Spektor, Roger Lewis, Smoke Sessions Records, Steve Provizer, The Backstreets, Tone Paintings: The Music of Dodo Marmarosa, Žibuoklė Martinaitytė

August Short Fuses – Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: Andrew Staples, Booker Little, Candid Records, Capella Amsterdam, Charles Mingus Presents, Climate Change, Coach House Books, Daniel Reuss, David Lang, Dream States: Smart Cities, Francois-Xavier Roth, Harmonia Mundi, How to Live at the End of the World, Jon Garelick, Jonathan Blumhofer, Mark Favermann, Much Ado About Nothing, Out Front, Pentatone, Sasha Ray, Semyon Bychkov, Shakespeare & Company, Stanford University Press, Steve Provizer, Technologies and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias, Travis Holloway, Wedding Season

July Short Fuses – Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: A Good Dignified Life: The Political advice of Hannah Arendt & Rosa Luxemburg, Big Wave Guardians, I'll Show You Mine, Kai Maristead, M. Night Shyamalan, Meet Me by the Fountain An Inside History of the Mall, Naxos, Old, Over/Under, Sarah Osman, Sasha Ray, Sophia Silver, Tim Jackson, Wlliam Grant Still

June Short Fuses – Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: " Opera Rara, Alexandre Kantorow, Bianco e Falliero, Carry Me Home, Ermione, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Hahn: Poèmes & Valses, Harvard University Press, Herbert Blomstedt, Hyperion, Jason M. Rubin, John Higgs, Kendall Square, La donna del lago, Levon Helm, Mavis Staples, MIT Press, Ninja Thyberg, Not Thinking Like a Liberal, Pavel Kolesnikov, Pleasure, Raymond Geuss, Reynaldo Hahn, Robert Buderi, Rossini, Seagull Press, Tapiola Sinfonietta, William Blake vs. The World

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