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Musician Interview: Saxophonist, Composer, and Historian of Early Jazz Allen Lowe — An Invaluable Maverick

June 22, 2025
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Allen Lowe is a saxophonist, composer, and historian of early jazz and roots music who doesn’t think he’s getting a fair shake from jazz’s gatekeepers.

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Book Review: “What Came Before” — A Horde of Micro-essays

October 16, 2020
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At his best, Matthew Schultz’s abilities as a writer transcend the small, tight canvasses he has prepared for himself.

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Music Feature: Best Classical Performances of 2015

December 17, 2015
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Of course, it’s a tricky business to summarize a classical music scene as busy and wide as Boston’s.

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Jazz Commentary Drill Down: Dave Brubeck’s “Elementals”

February 1, 2012
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Fuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s current recording, The Continents. In part two, he takes a look at eight works by jazz composers that precede the release of Corea’s work. This post is a…

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Arts Feature: The 10 Best Music Documentaries of 2024 — Along with Others Worth Watching and a Few Disappointments

December 21, 2024
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If there’s a documentary on this list that you want to see and it isn’t readily available, I’d suggest following it on social media or checking if its website has an email list that will announce future screenings or streamings.

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Book Review: From Protest to Progress — Abdul-Jabbar’s Memoir Battles Historical Amnesia

September 15, 2025
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Given Donald Trump’s claim that American history has been “rewritten” and transformed into a “distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth,” “We All Want To Change the World” may be banned in some school libraries in America.

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Theater Review: HTC’s “Romeo and Juliet” — A Seamless Marriage between Old and New

March 15, 2019
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The HTC’s Romeo and Juliet may be dressed in modern trappings, but the play’s elemental heart and soul are left fully intact.

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July Short Fuses — Materia Critica

July 1, 2024
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Book Review: George Scialabba’s “Only a Voice” — Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves

November 5, 2023
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It’s good to discover that George Scialabba is as lively as ever and that “Only a Voice” is filled with provocative arguments that make the reader want to argue right back.

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Commentary/Interview: Boston Globe Union Negotiations — Anger and Resistance

November 8, 2019
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Those who value serious journalism (as well as the rights of journalists) should be quite worried about just how lethally Boston Globe management is attempting to undercut the newspaper’s union.

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