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Film Review: “Hellbender” — Witches in the Woods

June 1, 2022
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Hellbender is not just a fabulous indie film about witches, it’s also an original coming-of-age horror movie.

THE ARTS FUSE TURNS 15! — Support the Magazine

May 31, 2022
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Please help us bring the arts and culture community roaring back to life by supporting this magazine and its independent coverage.

Album Review: Drummer Bill Bruford’s “Making a Song and Dance” — Adventures Galore

May 31, 2022
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Legendary percussionist Bill Bruford’s recorded output reveals him to be a restless innovator who went from one band to another so he could learn more about his instrument and about himself as a musician.

Rock Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am The Moon” — Nothing If Not Ambitious

May 30, 2022
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Crescent gives us the first five songs of the I Am The Moon suite and runs about 35 minutes. Let me rephrase that: it runs about 35 perfect minutes of music.

Visual Arts Review: “On This Ground” — Revisionist Art History

May 30, 2022
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It was particularly delicious to see George Washington get his comeuppance.

Coming Attractions: May 29 through June 13 — What Will Light Your Fire

May 29, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 finally wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. Please check with venues when uncertain whether the event is available by streaming or is in person.

Concert Review: The 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — The Blessed Return of Musical Serendipity

May 29, 2022
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We’d returned to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. We’d ridden a paddle-wheeler on the Mississippi River. It was good to be back, and why we’ll go back every chance we get: to life.

Film Review: “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” — Close to an Infomercial

May 29, 2022
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If the filmmakers are going to delve into the Jazz Fest vaults, how is it possible to show only a few seconds of Professor Longhair and nothing of James Booker, the Meters, the Neville Brothers? Not good.

Album Review: William Bolcom’s Complete Rags — Fantastically Inventive and Rigorous

May 28, 2022
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This is the definitive recording of William Bolcom’s rags, complete or excerpted: a triumph for the pianist and the composer – as well as a grandly spirited, accessible, inventive journey for any who care to join them on it.

Book Review: Humanizing Our Youth — “Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age”

May 28, 2022
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Throughout, Gen Z, Explained does its best to help readers relate to its protagonists by placing them in Gen Z’s shoes.

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