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The Arts on Stamps of the World — December 25

December 25, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Fuse Commentary: WGBH — No Excuses

July 9, 2012
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WGBH is not even attempting to make any excuses, not bothering to put in the energy to explain why the station isn’t using funding from its supporters to hire first-class journalists or to create news programming that builds community and educates because it challenges, investigates, and digs deeper.

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Music Review/Interview: Foxes & Fossils — 50 Million YouTube Views Can’t Be Wrong

February 1, 2021
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Even though they are a cover band, Foxes and Fossils’ performances are fresh and delightful. While faithful to the originals, they are not slavish imitations.

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Music Review: Becoming Coltrane: Part One

December 27, 2007
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By J. R. Carroll This review/commentary will focus on Coltrane’s recordings with the Miles Davis Quintet for Columbia (in October 1955 and June and September 1956) and Prestige (in November 1955 and May and October 1956), as well as a variety of sideman dates and nominally leaderless sessions, many of which have recently been reissued…

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Opera Review: Boston Lyric Opera’s “Tosca”

October 16, 2017
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For my taste, too much of the stage action during Friday’s performance was stiff and shopworn.

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Music Review: Brandeis VoiceMale Gets Serious

December 17, 2009
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In their latest collection, “Suit Up,” Brandeis VoiceMale have yet again produced an eclectic mix of passionately sung, expertly mixed A Cappella covers. Reviewed by Thomas Samph The title of the album tells us to suit up. Evidently that’s what the all-male group did before going into the recording studio, because they have a truly…

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Music Commentary: Top Classical Performances of 2018

December 21, 2018
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Our critic’s twelve favorite classical music performances that he reviewed this past year.

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Book Review: “Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie” — A World, Hell and Heaven Included

June 8, 2025
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Over the decades, James Lee Burke has built up a distinctive and glorious body of work, and “Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie” is a notable addition to the canon and possibly his most comprehensive.

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Arts Remembrance: Tony Bennett (1926-2023)

July 22, 2023
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Tony Bennett’s enthusiasm for life and music was persuasive, even when it seems outsized.

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Book Review: “The Club” — When One Lived for Good Conversation

April 18, 2019
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The Club is an entertaining and absorbing journey to another century, when the art of communication and the spirit of thoughtful engagement attracted men and women of acute sensibilities.

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