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Music Feature: The New Funk of Ripe — Making Happiness a “Heavy Emotion”

February 20, 2018
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Here we are more than a year into the tumultuous Trump era, and we have not seen a revival of angry punk or righteous folk.

Fuse Music Review: Iron & Wine — Still Folk’s Savior?

February 14, 2011
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In 2002, Iron & Wine debuted with The Creek Drank the Cradle, a brilliant Simon & Garfunkel-meets-Bob Dylan synthesis that caused many to proclaim a folk revival. Since this success, however, I&W’s singer-songwriter Samuel Beam has steadily drifted from his organic folk roots. Kiss Each Other Clean by Iron & Wine. Warner Brothers. By Michela…

Arts Appreciation: The Centenary of Australian Giant Patrick White

May 27, 2012
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Of the major 20th-century writers in English, Patrick White stands with the best, partly because he refused to repeat himself, and partly because he refuses to tell you everything, so that when you read him there is a sense of discovery.

Spring 2023 Appeal

May 12, 2023

Dear Arts Fuse reader: We need your help to continue to bring you one-of-a kind reviews and in-depth reporting about Boston’s arts and culture scene, from the visual arts and film to TV, theater, books, and dance. Help us end the Spring Appeal on a high note 100% “The Arts Fuse is an invaluable part of Boston’s arts ecosystem. The…

Jazz Concert Review: Portrait of Composer/Pianist Ran Blake — Celebrating 85 Years

March 25, 2021
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Ran Blake was in fine form at the festivities as were the New England Conservatory faculty and student participants.

Fuse Theater Review: “North Shore Fish” at the Gloucester Stage Company — Not So Fresh

July 25, 2013
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“North Shore Fish” introduces, but then glosses over, the potent issues of working class women struggling to support their families in dead-end factory jobs while their fisherman husbands remain out of sight.

Theater Review: A Pitch Black “House/Divided”

January 31, 2014
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“House/Divided” – a mélange of dazzling videography, startling and inventive lighting/props/stage craft, and spoken snippets of John Steinbeck’s quasi-Biblical prose – does not add anything new to our understanding of the current national malaise.

Pop Music Review: The Puzzling Mademoiselle Adele: A Look at “21″

April 7, 2011
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The emotion Adele summons in “Someone Like You,” amplified further by her Brit Awards performance, should reassure faithful and discerning listeners that her reign as 2009 Best New Artist, floating regally above dispassionate Top 40 artists, isn’t over.

Jazz Album Reviews: Andrew Cyrille and Amir ElSaffar — Two Restless Spirits

September 3, 2021
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It might seem a stretch to pair drummer Andrew Cyrille’s disc with composer/trumpeter Amir ElSaffar’s. But both spent time under the tutelage of the redoubtable Cecil Taylor, and it shows.

Book Review: “The Stakes” — For America, Higher Than You Think

January 29, 2020
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For America to get back on track, “It will take inspired radical leadership, mass organizing, and citizen mobilization of the kind that we see only in America’s finest hours.”

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