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Book Review: Rich Lives in the Musical Margins — “Dancing With Muddy” and “Before Elvis”

December 10, 2025
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Two good reads: Boston harmonica player Jerry Portnoy’s memoir is an unflinching look at life as a sideman musician; the other is a history that shows how, without the Black stars he heard in Memphis, there would have been no Elvis or rock ‘n roll as we know it.

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Coming Attractions: November 23 Through December 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

November 23, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Coming Attractions: October 26 Through November 10 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 26, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Coming Attractions: October 12 Through 27 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 12, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Coming Attractions: September 28 Through October 13 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 28, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Jazz Album Review: “Dorothy Ashby – With Strings Attached, 1957-1965”

June 2, 2023
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A rare Black female instrumentalist band leader, whose improvisations on the harp were the equal of any horn, Dorothy Ashby deserves a respected place in jazz historiography.

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April Short Fuses — Materia Critica

April 1, 2025
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Coming Attractions: December 22 Through January 6 — What Will Light Your Fire

December 22, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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October Short Fuses — Materia Critica

October 1, 2023
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

June 8, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

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