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Fuse Music Feature: At 76, Singer Mavis Staples Continues to be an Antidote to Despair

Mavis Staples’ voice and stage presence still exude power, still plumb emotional and spiritual depths.

Bob Dylan had been soundly booed for playing a set plugged. What ninnies dictate the rules in the backwater world of American folk music!

Miles Davis at Newport, 1955-1975 has its drawbacks, but I wouldn’t want to be without this four-disc collection

Paco Pinto October 1, 2020 at 1:01 pm on Folk Music Review: Dueto Dos Rosas, Five SongsWhat wonderful sounds to soothe us in these difficult times.
Bill Marx October 1, 2020 at 9:47 am on Theater Commentary: Boston Stages — Running from Reality?Kai, thanks for the response. I wrote the commentary out of anger, so it was not modulated. But the current...
Kai Maristed September 30, 2020 at 7:58 pm on Theater Commentary: Boston Stages — Running from Reality?Stark words, Bill, tough challenges. Thanks for this piece! As a writer I winced a few times, and that even...
Arts Fuse Editor September 30, 2020 at 5:03 pm on Jazz Album Review: “Artemis” — Inter-generational Jazz That Expands the TraditionYou can order from the Blue Note Store: https://store.bluenote.com/products/artemis-artemis
Donna Rich Murdock September 30, 2020 at 3:52 pm on Jazz Album Review: “Artemis” — Inter-generational Jazz That Expands the TraditionTried to order Artemis tape thru Barnes & Noble but they can't. Can you tell me where I can?