Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s list includes such big names as Bob Dylan, ZZ Top, The Who, The Beach Boys, and George Rochberg.
Daniel Gewertz
Music Remembrance: Don Everly (1937-2021)
The Everly Brothers’ close harmony work was so sinuous it sometimes seemed close to witchcraft.
Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (April Entry)
Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and the list includes Marvin Gaye, Link Wray, David Bowie, Jean Knight, and The Rolling Stones.
Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (March Entry)
Here’s yet one more fantastic thing about it no longer being 2020: it’s now the 50th anniversary of the excellent music that premiered in 1971.
Jazz Commentary: Russell’s “Hustle,” The Duke of Ellington, and Me
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?
Short Fuse Podcast #24 — Hopes & Gripes, The 2020 Grammys
One of the Art Fuse‘s music reviewers, Deanna Costa has a lot to say about this year’s Grammys awards.
Music Commentary: Grumbling About The Grammy Awards
After 61 years – and a slew of rule changes and category alterations – the Grammys remain the most philistine of our major shiny statue ceremonies.
Theater Review: Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” — Neither Noir nor Romp
Ken Ludwig’s stage version of Murder on the Orient Express is an enjoyable diversion.
Music Commentary: Ken Burns’ “Country Music” — Superb Cinematic Storytelling
Country Music digs into the rich, deep dirt of a music with a complicated past, a hybrid genre soaked in soulful suffering, twangy glory, and times both high and tough.
Arts Feature: When Aretha Franklin Snapped Me
Looking at that photo now, soon after the anniversary of her death, Aretha’s shutter-snap of connection with me seems a blessing.