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Jazz CD Review: “Long Ago and Far Away” — Together Again

November 26, 2018
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This set is surely one of the finds of the year.

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Film Review: “Destroyer” — A Jolting Ride

January 11, 2019
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This hardscrabble crime thriller is also a powerfully subtle character study.

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TV Review: Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” — Deserves All the Buzz

May 23, 2016
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It says something about where we are at as a country when the absurdist’s voice is the only one that is persuasively human.

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Arts Fuse Appreciation: Ornette Coleman’s Horn of Plenty

July 3, 2015
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So there was the Ornette Coleman Quartet, leading off the final side of vinyl with a cut that changed my life, “Lonely Woman.”

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Rock Concert Review: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Live at Boston Opera House

June 12, 2015
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The highlight of the concert came at the midway point, when Noel Gallagher started strumming an acoustic guitar as a tambourine tapped behind him.

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Opera Review: Isango Ensemble’s “The Magic Flute” — Not Your Usual Take on Mozart

October 24, 2014
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Isango’s Magic Flute/ Impempe Yomlingo is lit by flashes of brilliance. Most can be traced directly to Mandisi Dyantyis’ reorchestration of Mozart’s orchestral score for an ensemble of marimbas.

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Theater Review: “Dear Elizabeth” — Letters That Celebrate Love, Friendship, and Literary Art

October 20, 2014
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Whether or not you’re familiar with Elizabeth Bishop or Robert Lowell, their worlds or their poetry, you should hasten to this show.

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Fuse Preview: The 2015 Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival

September 24, 2015
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From noon to six on Saturday, September 26, Boston’s premier outdoor jazz event, the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, returns to Boston’s South End for a fifteenth year.

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Fuse Concert Review: A Dazzling Performance From A Far Cry

June 16, 2012
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What continually impresses about A Far Cry is their discipline, ability to keep complicated rubato under complete control, well-modulated dynamics, beauty of sound, and really interesting programming.

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Hot Night in Tanglewood

August 22, 2005
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Don Quixote, Stalin, and a deadbeat 18th century nobleman trigger musical magic at a series of concerts in the Berkshires.

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