This re-release features 72 minutes of unreleased music. Nearly every track on the two-hour set pushes the 20-minute range, with results more exhilarating than exhausting.
Paul Robicheau
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If you’re up for a lofty challenge, the experimental British rock outfit Black Midi is more than poised to fill the void.
Rock Album Review: The Tragically Hip — In Peak Form
Pain and catharsis wind through Saskadelphia.
Jazz Album Review: Charles Lloyd & the Marvels — Still Telling Genre-Blurring Stories
It’s rare to find a band that so naturally assimilates its individual voices to strike a collective palette.
Jazz Special Feature: Chick Corea (1941-2021) — Memories and Impressions
Fuse critics pay homage to Chick Corea performances and recordings that they found memorable.
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This surprisingly seamless record belies its logistical shuffles and players’ cultural differences with a relaxed sonic identity.
Arts Feature: Music That Sustained Us Through the Year of the Pandemic
With concerts all but wiped off the calendar by the pandemic, our critics naturally spent their time with recordings (and virtual live shows).
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The best thing about Holy Calamavote may be that it presents Run the Jewels in a live presentation of RTJ4 that rivals the atmospheric might of the record itself.
Arts Remembrance: Eddie Van Halen
Not since Jimi Hendrix had there been such a game-changer for the electric six-string.
Jazz Concert Review: The Lloyd-Hussain-Lage Trio — Live from Healdsburg
Charles Lloyd and Julian Lage and Zakir Hussain served a loose, flowing 65-minute set with complementary facility that belied the novel circumstances.