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Television Review: FX’s “English Teacher” — Educating During the Culture Wars

September 19, 2024
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“English Teacher” is a wearier, snarkier version of “Abbott Elementary”.

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Rock Album Review: Andrew Bird’s “Outside Problems” — Weighty Experiments

August 14, 2023
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The album may be loose and jagged, but there are no half-baked moments because Andrew Bird’s ear for rhythm, and his impressive improvisational skill, are too inventive to ever be dull.

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Music Remembrance: Singer Ronnie Spector — 1943-2022

January 13, 2022
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Brian Wilson tweeted: “I loved her voice so much and she was a very special person and a dear friend. This just breaks my heart. Ronnie’s music and spirit will live forever.”

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2018 WINTER APPEAL — Keep The Arts Fuse Lit!

December 5, 2018
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Help sustain an endangered journalistic species — substantial critical coverage of the arts.

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Rock Concert Review: Rush — Celebrating 40 Years of Prog-Rock

June 24, 2015
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One thing I’ve learned in years of being a Rush fan: Nobody ever changes their mind on this band.

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Fuse Rock Concert Review: Chris Robinson Brotherhood — Sticking to its Hippie Guns

February 16, 2015
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Yes, Chris Robinson is ironically in a band called the Brotherhood when he can’t work with his actual brother in the Black Crowes.

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Theater Review: You Can Go ‘Home’ Again

January 5, 2009
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By Caldwell Titcomb NEW YORK CITY–Nearly thirty years ago – 14 December 1979, to be exact – the estimable Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) opened at its off-Broadway venue a play by one of its actors, Samm-Art Williams. Entitled “Home,” the production proved one of its major hits, and was extended thrice its scheduled run to…

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Movie Review: A Toothless “Red Riding Hood”

March 15, 2011
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In their understandable haste to cash in on the success of the Twilight series, director Catherine Hardwicke and writer David Johnson threw attractive people on a set without bothering to come up with a plot that makes them worth watching. Red Riding Hood. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The cast includes Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy…

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Concert Review: Beethoven’s Final Piano Sonatas

October 13, 2010
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We often hear about how Brahms and Mahler lived under the shadow of Beethoven’s symphonies, but I suspect many other composers had the last three sonatas in their heads, keeping them both inspired and humble. Beethoven Opus 109. 110, 111. Performed by pianist Till Fellner. At Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory, October 12, 2010. By Susan…

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Arts Feature: Celebrating 100 Years of The Cabot

November 30, 2020
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The event is not merely a celebration of the Cabot’s centennial; in 2020, it’s an act of defiance.

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