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CD Reviews
LENNY LASHLEY’S GANG OF ONE Pirates Press Records/ Panic State Records Illuminator 10 tracks Landing somewhere musically between the raucousness of...
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Live Reviews
ZOË LEWIS, BETHEL STEELE me&thee coffeehouse, Marblehead, MA 5/10/13 I’m back at my favorite coffeehouse for a performance by Zoë Lewis, whom I had seen a while ago do one song—a duet with...
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Rita & Lolita
BORN TO RUN Rita: June was a great month for popular musicians to be born. Let’s see, off the top of my head, Paul McCartney 6/18, Jeff Beck 6/24, Brian Wilson 6/20, Ray Davies 6/21, Harry Nilsson...
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Noise Live Picks
Listings with an added “+” mean there are other acts on the bill. Fri May 31 ABSINTHE ROSE + LP Release Show @ Cambridge Elks Club, Cambridge MA Fri May 31 WHAT TIME IS IT, MR. FOX? + Celebration of...
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John Powhida International Airport
JOHN POWHIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT by Eric Baylies John Powhida International Airport is not an actual place as of this writing, but it may be someday. They are one of the most well known and...
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Duke Robillard
DUKE ROBILLARD ON THE ROAD AGAIN by A.J. Wachtel After dinner, you are tuned into WBZ Channel 4 watching Jeopardy as Alex intones to the final jeopardy contestants: “What do Bob Dylan, Tom Waits,...
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Big Shot Brian Young
Click on the image for the full photo and print out your own color Big Shot! This month: Brian Young (host of WMFO’s A Crash Course for the Ravers/ lead singer of The Thigh Scrapers)
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Live Reviews
DOOM LOVER DEATH WALTZ ’76 VARY LUMAR SECRET LOVER Radio, Somerville MA 6/13/13 With so many music venues in one place, Union Square is one of the cities hot spots to see local music. Tonight there is...
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CD Reviews
ABSINTHE ROSE Screech Owl Records The More That We Learn the More We Learn That We’re Wrong 17 tracks Some bands put so much force and passion into their performances that they transcend the less...
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Jim Rice Threw Me A Ball
JIM RICE THREW ME A BALL by T Max One of the best stories I tell during my live performance goes back to August 23, 1987, at Fenway Park. On that day, my brother John from Colorado was with me—it...
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Noise Live Picks
Willie Alexander & T Max at Store 54 Every Thursday in July CHANDLER TRAVIS PHILHARMONIC @ Bubala’s, Provincetown MA Every Sunday in July PARKER WHEELER’s Blues Party@ The Grog, Newburyport MA...
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Rita & Lolita
IN THE SUMMERTIME Rita: Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Unless you’re putting a magazine together—and your half-sister is out of her mind. Lolita: Are you referring to me? Rita: You’re the only...
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Tim Casey & Glenn Williams
LOWBUDGET PRODUCTIONS: A COTTAGE INDUSTRY BECOMES THEIR CASTLE by Harry C. Tuniese Every city has their creative indies with everyday people striving to promote art, music, film, concerts, etc. Here...
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Lenny Lashley
LENNY LASHLEY’S GANG OF ONE by Kevin Finn Lenny Lashley has long been one of the most beloved figures in Boston rock, largely because of the good times his bands provided. Whether with the raucous...
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Eight Feet Tall
EIGHT FEET TALL by Max Bowen Formed in November 2012, the reggae/hip-hop band Eight Feet Tall has been making a name for itself in an unprecedented way, playing to a sold-out crowd at their debut...
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David Addison Small
DAVID ADDISON SMALL & THE BORDERLINE SAINTS by DJ Mätthew Griffin While Thai dining on the back deck of the home of Borderline Saints frontman David Addison Small, a thunderstorm over Boston’s...
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Big Shot
Click on the image for the full photo and print out your own color Big Shot! This month: Inge Berge photo: Sheila Roberts Orlando
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Book Review
ROCKS OFF: 50 TRACKS THAT TELL THE STORY OF THE ROLLING STONES By Bill Janovitz. St. Martin’s Press; 413 pages; hardcover. Review by Francis DiMenno Boston-area musician Bill Janovitz is the author...
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Live Reviews
CASPIAN The Block (outdoor block party), Beverly, MA 7/13/13 It’s pretty cool when you can just happen to walk by an amazing free outdoor show. Such is the case when I decide to check out the Beverly...
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CD Reviews
LIZ FRAME & THE KICKERS Sooner 10 tracks This 2011 outing is, most of all, earnest, filled with spare,...
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