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Jazz Review: Arrival day — The Allan Chase Septet Does Right by Sun Ra

May 24, 2013
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The music Allan Chase’s septet presented at the Lily Pad on Wednesday night made a cogent argument for Sun Ra’s place among the great jazz composers.

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Fuse Music News: Beantown Native Son Peter Rowan Returns to Teach Lessons From “The Old School”

May 24, 2013
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I confess: I also was among those who witnessed Peter Rowan play a zillion years ago, circa 1970, when he sang like an angel with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys.

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Film Review: “Frances Ha” — An Indie Classic That Celebrates Resilience

May 24, 2013
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Like some of the best New Wave films of the ’60s, “Frances Ha” brims with the giddy optimism of youth.

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Fuse Music News: The Tepid Lineup for Boston’s “Outside the Box” Festival

May 24, 2013
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Boston’s Outside the Box festival falls far short of its stated mission to be “revolutionary” or “world class.”

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Fuse Rock Review: Palma Violets: “180” and Live at Brighton Music Hall — They Make Really Great Noise

May 24, 2013
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Palma Violets are the greatest live band I’ve ever seen. I’m not backing down from that.

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Rock Review: Vampire Weekend — “Modern Vampires of the City” and Live at Agganis Arena

May 23, 2013
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Vampire Weekend may hail from New York City, but with their boat shoes, button downs, and lyrics like, “Irish and proud, baby, naturally/But you got the luck of a Kennedy,” Massachusetts is their true spiritual home.

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Book Review: Israeli Novelist A.B. Yehoshua’s Fascinating “Retrospective”

May 23, 2013
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This fascinating book ends, leaving the reader with all sorts of questions — but that is exactly what really good fiction always does. Opening our minds, etching characters in our imaginations, and generating all sorts of possibilities.

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Book Review: Denise Levertov — More Than a Famous Antiwar Poet

May 22, 2013
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This meticulous biography of Anglo-American poet Denise Levertov is the labor of many years and of deep reflection and care.

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Fuse Jazz News: Happy 99th Birthday Sun Ra! A Local Celebration Tonight

May 22, 2013
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Come celebrate the music of Sun Ra: legendary jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet, theatrical ringmaster, and lyricist of the extra terrestrial.

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Stage Review: A Pleasurably Formulaic “Best Friends” Via Israeli Stage

May 22, 2013
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Anat Gov does a fine job on the meta-playwriting level. “Best Friends” is a genre piece that is also an affectionate commentary on the genre to which it belongs.

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