Fuse, classical fusion cat from the music school, has not seen daylight for a month. He got this gig adding vocals and strings to a mysterious underground indie project, and now it seems they won’t let him leave.
These classical gassers all think they’re the best in the world—creativity plus discipline, y’know. But few bandleaders know what to do with ‘em. Well, apparently, there’s one act out there who’s doing more than scribbling out a few quick string parts.
Pluto Studios has been booked for a month solid, all hours of day and night. Fuse is one of the few outside musicians allowed in, apparently.
Whose project is it? Fuse won’t give up a single detail. We think we know, but even if we were positive we wouldn’t tell you. Yet. Wrong season for rich, beautified blooms of creation. This is the season for dead veg. But hey, we’ll keep you posted.

Sheaf has grown since the Moss Valley Harvest Festival, adding two members and, uh, playing places other than harvest festivals. The rise Tuesday at the Bullfinch, with Scottish Morning and soda bread… Lardy rocks Hamilton’s with Malted Current and singer-songwriter Barney Bannock… Psychedelic folkies Bana Brith and Split Tin, in some ways a harbinger of where Sheaf may be heading, headline an “artisan folk fest” Sunday at Dollaire’s, with Cornish Saffron and Top of the Pots (which sounds druggy, but is really a Welsh rural folk act)…