Friday, October 11, 2019
jaimie branch knows music has to be wild and dangerous and beautiful to cut through all the distractions of our times.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 07:36PMIn Cypress Grove, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes’ deep Bentonia guitar remains pure and present, while his vocals, which have never sounded better, are solid and vibrant throughout.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 07:36PMThursday, October 10, 2019
“I’ve put out records by myself before, but this is like 10 times the work!”
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 01:36PMWhat remains so seductive about Almodovar is the way he replicates the movement of thought, creating a seamless weave between the story moving forward -- rather minimal in this case -- and t…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMWednesday, October 9, 2019
The highly entertaining gala celebrated the five decade long partnership between TV's Sesame Street and Harvard University.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 01:43PMSteven Price creates a mid-twentieth century world that is filled with the same kind of conflicts that Lampedusa himself confronted in writing The Leopard, his great novel about nineteenth c…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 11:18AMMonday, October 7, 2019
The hit 1969 song "The Spirit in the Sky" by Malden’s own Norman Greenbaum is the inspiration for one of several new works of public art.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:24PMEnjoy Boston Camerata's Free America! for its high spirits and its crafty, delicious way of making the iconoclasm of the past come alive.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 05:24PMSunday, October 6, 2019
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles is nothing if not provocative fodder for a cinematic niche: the animated feature sheds intriguing light on one of the major film directors of the 20th…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 04:42PMArts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 02:42PMSaturday, October 5, 2019
Tinariwen's music exudes determination, the soulful energy of ethnic resilience.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 01:24PMHad the curatorial parameters been tighter in concept, and more generous regarding the source of the work, the MFA might have produced a great, rather than just a good, exhibit. .
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:33AMChristian Tetzlaff’s brilliant account of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto makes for a great album; Rachel Barton Pine’s versions of Dvorák and Khachaturian violin concertos are songful; o…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:33AMFriday, October 4, 2019
Brandeis’ Rose Art Museum presents a creative, insightful look at urban blight.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 08:06PMTo Paradise for Onions is a lovely album; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 's Transatlantic is spirited; Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Die Zauberflöte is lost in the crowd.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMThursday, October 3, 2019
Screenwriter-director Todd Phillips knows well what he is doing in the calculated way he escalates the bloodshed in Joker.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:33AMFor many listeners, Zigsaw will serve as a welcome introduction, not only to a virtuoso jazz ensemble led by an innovative leader, but to the music of composer Steve Lampert.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:33AMMusically, The Bad Pilot encompasses the sound and feel of everything from Philly soul to new wave, hard rock, funk, and progressive rock.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:33AMWednesday, October 2, 2019
Country music is as rich and complex as any other genre, but given the inevitable marketing tie-ins, it might be a good time to offer the names of artists and songs that either weren’t inc…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:18PMMuch ado about nihilism.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:18PMHow is this festival kept off the map from my US colleagues?
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:03AMTuesday, October 1, 2019
Kudos for two short plays by Tennessee Williams and Yukio Mishma at this year's Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 06:18PMThe performance I saw on Friday night revealed Boston Ballet's priorities: while the dancers possess a high degree of technical skills, they have a looser notion of nuanced acting.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 06:18PMSaxophonist Stan Getz knew whom to listen to and whom to borrow from, and the repertoire for the 1961 Village Gate gig was particularly satisfying.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 11:24AMThe documentary sees The Family as really just a huge, secretive, and well-funded lobbying firm: separating church and state is for losers.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMMonday, September 30, 2019
Will Birch's biography Cruel to Be Kind effortlessly details the six decade career of rocker Nick Lowe.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 03:24PMAt its best, Tiny Beautiful Things delves deep into demanding emotional territory without becoming sappy or maudlin.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 03:24PMSunday, September 29, 2019
You can go home again, daddy-o, but you’re not the same person you were the first time around.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:55PMRobert Hunter did as much to shape the sound and influence of the Grateful Dead as guitarist Jerry Garcia did.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 11:18AMSaturday, September 28, 2019
Jake Brennan’s unique blend of humor and horror generates very entertaining stories about some of the most shocking crimes committed by various icons of rock, pop, and punk music.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 07:33PMThe latest show from circus troupe The 7 Fingers is both intimate and gasp-inducing.
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