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Jazz Interview: Scott Robinson’s Out-of-This-World Sound Comes to the Newport Jazz Festival

July 28, 2015
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Scott Robinson brings the spirit of pulp fiction, and a love of outer space, to the Newport Jazz Festival.

April Short Fuses — Materia Critica

April 1, 2026
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Television Commentary: Unreeling the Newsreels in “The Plot Against America”

May 28, 2020
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Was this alternate history lesson too much of a downer for viewers weighed down by the burdens of their own unexpected rendezvous with history?

Book Review: The Nine Lives of Pianist Leon Fleisher

January 22, 2011
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My Nine Lives reads like a conversation with a man who has worked through more than his share of ups and downs in the world of classical music. The tone is understated and graceful; his narrative could easily have faltered in less skillful hands. Pianist Leon Fleisher aims for a general readership. It’s a very…

Book Review: “Room on the Sea” — Low Tide

June 24, 2025
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“Room on the Sea” is impressively crafted and written, but its lack of bite, drive, and action left me restless. 

Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else

December 5, 2025
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Predictably, when you get to the discussion of money, honey, the rubber hits the road.

Rap Review: M.I.A. — Her “AIM” Is Still True

March 15, 2021
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The Sri Lankan rapper’s outspoken support for refugees — the focus of her 2016 album — remains relevant as the United States and the rest of the world continue to grapple with immigration reform.

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — April 2

April 2, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

CD Reviews: Ghost Train Orchestra’s Book of Rhapsodies, Vol. II” and Jane Ira Bloom’s “Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson” – Second Thoughts

October 5, 2017
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In two new releases, Jane Ira Bloom and Brian Carpenter complete their work on self-defined projects that are tonics for a time of trouble.

The Arts on Stamps of the World — September 20

September 20, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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