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Fuse News/Tip: Quilt at Sinclair on June 24

June 22, 2016
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The wellsprings of Quilt’s sound are diverse – psychedelics, dream pop, Beach ‘n’ Beatle harmony groups, folk-rock and, I swear, punkoid racket at times.

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Arts Fuse Tip: “Boyhood” — An Extraordinary Look at the Contemporary American Family

August 5, 2014
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The title of Richard Linklater’s extraordinary film did not lure me to the theater. A friend’s recommendation did.

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Classical Music CD Reviews: Michael Gordon’s “The Unchanging Sea” and Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck”

February 26, 2019
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Michael Gordon’s score for The Unchanging Sea works better as soundtrack than a concert work; Harmonia mundi releases a DVD of William Kentridge’s powerful staging of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck.

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Classical Album Reviews: Beethoven’s “Leonore,” Tesla Quartet’s “Joy & Desolation,” and Emmanuel Pahud’s “Dreamtime”

December 22, 2019
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A fresh, bracing take on Beethoven as a dramatist, Tesla Quartet serves up refreshingly direct and emotionally-complex performances of Mozart, and flautist Emmanuel Pahud has crafted an ear-catching, unpredictable program.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project – Celebrating a Great Year in Music (October Entry)

October 19, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s diverse list includes Los Tigres Del Norte, Santana, Gentle Giant, Sparks, and T-Rex.

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Critical/Theater Commentary: Slapping Sleeping Media Outlets A “Woke”

July 15, 2020
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Taking action on even a modest number of these suggestions will undoubtedly shake up the current puerility of much of American theater criticism.

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Theater Review: Superb American Bunraku

May 15, 2010
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. . . these plays in their various modes approach the theater as a means of knowing and not merely as a means of expression. — Richard Gilman, “The Drama is Coming Now.” Disfarmer conceived, directed, and designed by Dan Hurlin. Original music by Dan Moses Scheier. Text by Sally Oswald. Part of the Emerging…

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Jazz Album Reviews: A Trio of Superior Recordings Featuring Master Guitarists

August 22, 2024
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Three guitarists — Bill Banfield, Ray Obiedo, and Lee Ritenour — release superb albums.

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Classical Album Review: Handel’s Oratorio “Jephtha,” in All its Highly Dramatic Glory

March 8, 2025
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Conductor Jane Glover, marvelous soloists — including superstar countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen — and a superb chorus and orchestra invigorate one of Handel’s last and greatest works.

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Film Review: “The Wobblies” — A Moving Story of a Largely Forgotten American Class Conflict

April 28, 2022
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After premiering at the New York Film Festival in 1979, this powerful documentary about one of the most dramatic periods in American labor history has been newly restored.

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