Scott McLennan

Music Album Review: “Ghosts” — The Cowboy Junkies Confront Heartbreak and Sorrow

April 9, 2020
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Darkness is pervasive in this Cowboy Junkies album, but it is not all-encompassing.

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Shelter in Place Attractions: June 28 through July 14 — What Will Light Your Home Fires

March 22, 2020
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In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Concert Review: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram — A Rising Star, For Real

March 6, 2020
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At 21, “Kingfish” Ingram is being heralded as the blues’ brightest new star. And at his first headlining gig in Boston he earned the title.

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Music Preview: Circles Around the Sun — Celebrating Legacies

February 25, 2020
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Circles Around the Sun has established a distinctive niche within the expanding universe of “Grateful Dead as genre,” appealing to the core audience for Dead music without having to pull songs from the group’s songbook.

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Post-Rock CD Review: Caspian’s “On Circles” — Short Films for the Inner Eye

January 26, 2020
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With this album, post-rock sextet Caspian pulls off the tricky maneuver of infusing blood and emotions into carefully assembled and deliberately delivered songs.

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Country Music CD Review: Marcus King’s “El Dorado” — An Inspired Detour

January 15, 2020
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In this disc, Marcus King takes a step back from the big, hard-charging sound he has been pursuing to great effect with his namesake band over the past few years.

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Concert Review: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones — Beloved and Blistering

December 28, 2019
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It may sound oxymoronic, but the Bosstones scream, shout, and agitate for common decency.

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Music Feature: Billy Strings — A Breakout Year

December 21, 2019
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Billy Strings is deservedly catching fire with a unique blend of mind-snapping talent as a guitarist, deep appreciation for tradition, appetite for improvisation and experimentation, and ever-improving songwriting.

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Concert Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band — Even Now, Still Evolving

December 8, 2019
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Each concert offered all that the Tedeschi Trucks Band  can do.

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Music Feature: The Tedeschi Trucks Band — Home for the Holidays

December 1, 2019
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The Tedeschi Trucks Band is capping another remarkable year of transition and growth, some of it spurred by tragedy.

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