Vocalist Anaïs Reno and Mark Masters and his big band supply compelling homages to the brilliance of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
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Dance Review: Abilities Dance Boston’s “Firebird Ballet” — Taking Inspiring Flight
Re-envisioning and performing this beloved classic ballet with dancers that identify as disabled seems to me to be the definition of courageous.
Film Review: “About Endlessness” — A Profound Vision of the Beauty of Loss
About Endlessness’s deadpan combination of sadness and rage feels complete, as if the master dropped the mic before leaving the building after the final edit.
Classical CD Review: Antoine Tamestit, Cédric Tiberghien, and Matthias Goerne play/sing Brahms
One might risk hyperbole by saying so, but in this instance such recklessness is worth it: this album sounds like Brahms as he ought to be played and sung.
Film Interview: Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021) Talks About – What Else? – French Cinema
We mourn the loss of an affable generous man, a bridge to a vast history, who also knew and loved American culture.
Shelter in Place Attractions: January 24 through February 9 — What Will Light Your Home Fires
In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Country Music CD Review: “We Shall All Be Reunited: The Bristol Sessions, 1927 & 1928” — Revising Musical History
Producer Ted Olson is on a mission in We Shall Be Reunited to do justice to the past; he imagines a beautiful alternative to the current ballyhooed origin story of country music.
Poetry Review: “Field Music” — Lyrical Visions of Hardscrabble Vermont
The voice in Field Music is disciplined, its cagey earthiness unfailingly engaging our attention.
Jazz Album Review: The Royal Bopsters — A Polished “Party of Four”
This recording displays a mastery of the techniques of the jazz vocal group genre.
Arts Remembrance: Eddie Van Halen
Not since Jimi Hendrix had there been such a game-changer for the electric six-string.