It’s rare to find a band that so naturally assimilates its individual voices to strike a collective palette.
Paul Robicheau
Jazz Special Feature: Chick Corea (1941-2021) — Memories and Impressions
Fuse critics pay homage to Chick Corea performances and recordings that they found memorable.
Folk/Pop Album Review: “The Burnt Pines” — Seamless Cross-Cultural Chemistry
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).
Hip-Hop Concert Review: Run the Jewels’ Powerful “Holy Calamavote”
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.
Concert Review: Farm Aid 2020 — The Promise of the Real
When Willie dove into “On the Road Again” to close the set, singing of “making music with my friends,” one could envision the same hopes for Farm Aid to resume its annual trek to an amphitheater somewhere in America and stoke the communal cause.
Concert Review: The Newport Folk Festival 2020 — Virtual Mission Accomplished
Yes, Newport Folk’s all about the music, but there’s also a collaborative heart at work — and virtual programming spurred donations for the non-profit’s mission to endure.
Live Concert Review — Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace
The solo format at Alexandra Palace recalled his recent “Conversations with Nick Cave” tours, a similar chance for the singer to deconstruct his songs at the piano, except that he never addressed an imagined audience beyond his lyrics.