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.
Scott McLennan
Coming Attractions: September 11 through 27 — What Will Light Your Fire
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.
Festival Review: Tattoo the Earth Festival — A Heavy Metal Underground Reunion, and the Old Guys Delivered
For all of the music’s fury, protest, anguish, and raw brutality, Tattoo the Earth was a lovefest.
Rock Album Review: Marcus King’s “Young Blood” — A Manic Joy Ride
There’s little doubt at this point regarding the 26-year-old guitarist’s talent for pulling multiple influences into one cohesive, original sound.
Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am the Moon” — Part Four, “Farewell”
“Farewell” is the shortest album in the series, but it is perhaps the most provocative in the way it calmly muses, philosophically, on the form that togetherness can take – as it exists and as it dissolves.
Rock Preview: Gov’t Mule — Very Much on the Move
“One of the positives to come out of this whole [pandemic lockdown] experience is that everyone found out what is important in their lives. Those of us who love music realized just how special it is.”
Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am the Moon” — Part Three, “The Fall”
“Episode III. The Fall” is the most thematically focused installment in the four-part I Am the Moon saga so far.
Concert Review: Puscifer in Boston — Out of This World
Puscifer pulled off a great show of rock ’n’ roll farce, and that is saying something considering that the daily news feels ever more like scripted buffoonery.
Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am the Moon” — Part Two, “Ascension”
The high quality of the material presented thus far justifies Tedeschi Trucks Band’s decision to release these songs in small batches over the course of three months.
Concert Review: Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Dazzle at The Sinclair in Cambridge
The brilliant set was a celebratory exploration of Molly Tuttle’s bluegrass roots, albeit with a fresh perspective.