Scott McLennan
Our popular music critics pick some of the standout albums and live performances of 2025.
Our popular music critics pick some of the standout albums and performances of 2024.
Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
When I glorify or romanticize an artist like David Crosby it is because the performer has a gift for alchemizing songs into something huge, powerful, spiritual, and communal.
Our music critics pick some of the standout albums and performances of 2022.
As fluid and experimental as Eight Dream Interpretations is, the album’s rambunctious sonic palette is nothing if not inviting.
The point of Bob Dylan’s project is emotional rather than definitive: to probe the power of song to influence us, make us feel, and ultimately transform us.
As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Arts Feature: The Best in Popular Music 2023
Our music critics pick some of the standout albums and performances of 2023.
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