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Jazz Album Review: “Chick Corea, Piano Improvisations Vol 1” — Flights of Lyrical Logic

May 7, 2025
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Throughout these bold solo performances, pianist Chick Corea exudes confidence.

Film Review: “Origin” — A Map of Human Suffering

January 20, 2024
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The breadth and intimacy of “Origin”‘s vision — the personal becomes the historical — is stunning, a searing portrait of collective trauma and the dark ideas that propel it.

Concert Review: “Bach Trios” — Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile

April 24, 2017
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J.S. Bach has been subjected to every imaginable kind of transcription, but the combination of mandolin, bass, and cello is probably new.

Book Review: “Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird” — A Writer’s Life

June 29, 2022
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Black American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, and this new biography does a thorough and compelling job in telling the story of a remarkable and partially tragic life.

Book Review: The Librarians of Timbuktu — Action Heroes for Cultural Preservation

June 23, 2016
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Former Newsweek bureau chief Joshua Hammer has documented a timely story of cultural heroism.

Fuse Concert Review: Boston Baroque at Sanders Theater, January 1, 2012

January 2, 2012
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Boston Baroque closed out 2011 and began 2012 with an engaging program of pieces by Corelli, Handel, Bach, and Vivaldi that featured some rather unfamiliar instruments and repertoire. Martin Pearlman, the group’s founder and music director, conducted this thoroughly enjoyable concert.

Film Review: London Film Festival, Dispatch #1 — “1976” and “A Room of My Own”

October 18, 2022
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Reviews of two standout films from the 66th London Film Festival — one of the most dynamic festival programs in recent memory.

Book Review: “Ne me quitte pas” — A Guide to a Song That Crosses Borders

August 9, 2025
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This splendid book is a love letter and a dissertation, almost a song in itself.

Classical Music CD Reviews: Vadym Kholodenko plays Grieg and Saint-Saëns and Javier Perianes plays Grieg

August 28, 2015
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Javier Perianes is a musician of sweeping, Romantic sensibilities, eager to take a stand, and the result is a triumphant recording

Television Review: “Too Much” — Over the Line

July 17, 2025
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“Too Much”‘s swings from comedy to tragedy generate considerable whiplash.

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