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Classical CD Reviews: “Aspects of America: The Pulitzer Edition,” Morton Gould “Symphonettes,” and Lindberg conducts Bernstein

March 18, 2020
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Lovers of American music, don’t miss Aspects of America: The Pulitzer Edition ; Lindberg’s recording of Leonard Bernstein’s first two symphonies lacks a compelling command of the musician’s singular voice; the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra tackles four pieces by Morton Gould.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

March 28, 2024
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The week’s poem: Kayla O’Meara’s “How to take the plunge”

Opera Album Review: A Splendidly Engaging New Opera — “The Leopard”

December 15, 2024
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 I encourage anybody interested in the current state of opera to get to know Michael Dellaira’s “The Leopard”.

Book Review: “What, and Give Up Showbiz?” — The Busy Life of Boston Impresario Fred Taylor

January 28, 2021
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Boston’s Fred Taylor was by turns (and often simultaneously) a recording engineer, promo man, artist manager, talent scout, press agent, newspaper columnist, concert promoter, club manager, nightclub owner, restaurant, and movie house owner.

Book Review: “El Norte” — Recovering a Greater America at the Southern Border

June 24, 2019
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Rather than focusing on Mexicans in the United States, historian Carrie Gibson posits an expansive transnational history.

Jazz Commentary: Russell’s “Hustle,” The Duke of Ellington, and Me

August 9, 2020
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What exactly did the Duke’s music symbolize to Russell’s shifty characters, two upwardly mobile lowlifes more anxious to fleece the world than fall in love?

Book Review: “The Endless Week” Offers a Brave, Inside-Out Internet Novel Experience

September 30, 2025
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“The Endless Week” is a brave, uneven, at times brilliant swathe of prose. Experimental? For certain. Perhaps the only way to write an Internet novel is by looking from the inside out.

Poetry Review: A Provocative Step Out of the Shadows — Poet Anna de Noailles

January 27, 2013
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Literary history credits Rainer Maria Rilke with establishing European poetry’s seminal concern with the duality between inner and outer worlds. Could it be that Comtesse Anna de Noailles was his precursor in this regard? Translator Norman Shapiro and Black Widow Press should be thanked for bringing her back into the discussion.

Classical Album Reviews: Sibelius Symphonies from Klaus Mäkelä and Owain Arwel Hughes

February 25, 2022
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Conductor Klaus Mäkelä may be young, but, on the merits of this set, he sure seems to be the real deal. Buckle up: this ought to be an exciting career.

Theater Review: “Outside Mullingar” — A Poignant Irish Rom Com

July 16, 2015
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John Patrick Shanley’s Outside Mullingar is a romantic comedy, so you can guess the dénouement, but all the fun is in getting there.

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