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Album Review: The “Horror” of the Mekons

April 4, 2025
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The apocalyptic overtones of the Mekons’ music come across as alarmingly real as ever.

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Latin Jazz Album Reviews: A Trio of Superbly Imaginative Visions

April 4, 2025
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Three powerful albums showcase the imaginative visions of Arturo O’Farrill, The John Santos Sextet & Friends, and Rachel Therrien’s Latin Jazz Project.

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Concert Review: The Boston Symphony Orchestra Plays Mozart and Arvo Pärt

April 3, 2025
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Guest conductor Dima Slobodeniouk and the Boston Symphony Orchestra invited listeners to a meditative evening of music. 

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Theater Review: “Don’t Eat the Mangos” — Women Battling Repression and Superstition

April 3, 2025
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The Huntington Theatre Company’s production of “Don’t Eat the Mangos” commands attention with its blend of entertainment and enlightenment.

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Theater Reviews: “Operation Mincemeat” and “Buena Vista Social Club” Reflect a Banner Year for Broadway Musicals

April 3, 2025
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A clever British import and a soulful Cuban music-fest reflect a season that delivers the full range of musical storytelling Broadway’s been missing

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

April 3, 2025
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This week’s poem: Calla MacGillivray’s “ORINOCO FLOW!”

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Book Review: “Doc Watson: A Life in Music” — An Inspiring Story

April 3, 2025
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Check out the book to absorb the trajectory of Doc Watson’s career from impoverished guitar player to becoming an icon of Americana, and a repeat winner of  Grammy Awards. 

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Film Review: “The Ballad of Wallis Island” — Wandering Off-Key

April 2, 2025
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Heartwarming themes of love lost and the emotional power of music are undercut by a script constructed for the sake of dramatizing ideas rather than characters.

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Classical Concert Review: Sphinx Virtuosi play Joplin, Coleridge-Taylor, Skye, Stewart, Becenti, Carreño, and Taylor

April 2, 2025
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The Sphinx Virtuosi is terrific: the group’s unified tone and articulations, impeccable responsiveness and technique, and command of stylistic nuance are all of the first rank.

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Book Review: Clea Simon’s “The Butterfly Trap” — Double Trouble

April 2, 2025
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The all-too-human propensity for not only telling yourself what you want to hear but taking what you see at face value is what drives the action.

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