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CD Reviews
AMY KUCHARIK Cunning Folk 10 tracks Oh my, this is such an energetic and delightful CD. Amy has a playful, growling voice, that winds its way through these ten wonderfully...
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Big Shot
Click on this photo to expose the full photo of AMY FAIRCHILD—our September Big Shot!
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Rita & Lolita
SEPTEMBER FEELS NEW Rita: Something about September always feels like the beginning of a year. Lolita: Maybe it’s because The Noise was first published in September, 1981. Rita: Maybe because it’s the...
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Noise Live Picks
Photo: Ray Dollard Every Tuesday in Sept KMBG @ Jalapenos, Gloucester MA Every Wednesday in Sept DENNIS BRENNAN + @ The Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA Every Thursday in Sept T MAX + Giusepe’s Shuffle @...
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Tumbling Bones
TUMBLING BONES MAKE MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER— IN THREE-PART HARMONY by Kathy Sands-Boehmer Tumbling Bones is a young string band with an old sound. Their voices combine in a musical pastiche...
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Lynne Taylor
LYNNE TAYLOR by Lois A. McNulty With Lynne Taylor, what you see is what you get. She writes the songs, she sings them, and she accompanies herself on the piano. She is a one-woman act, but there is...
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White Dynomite
WHITE DYNOMITE by Joey Ammo The Model Café in Allston is empty at 7:30pm. I’m having a beverage with three of the four members of Boston punk/rock band White Dynomite: bassist Tim Catz, guitarist John...
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Big Shot
Click on this photo to see the full Big Shot of 3rian King (What Time is it Mr. Fox?) Photo by Sheila Roberts Orlando.
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CD Reviews
THE REAL KIDS Ace of Hearts Shake… Outta Control 12 tracks On the Boston scene as early as 1972, John Felice and The Real Kids need no introduction for long-time local music aficionados; their...
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Live Reviews
SESSION AMERICANA me&thee coffeehouse, Marblehead MA 9/12/14 My first time back for me&thee’s new season and it’s good to see booker Kathy Sands-Boehmer, host Tony Toledo, and musical guest,...
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Rita & Lolita
OCTOBER IN SALEM MA Rita: Every year October is my favorite issue of The Noise. It brings the witch out in me. Lolita: Maybe it’s because Halloween in Salem, MA, is as big as Mardi Gras in New Orleans....
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Noise Live Picks
Every Tuesday in Oct KMBG @ Jalapenos, Gloucester MA Every Wednesday in Oct DENNIS BRENNAN + @ The Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA Every Thursday in Oct NATALIE FLANAGAN + @ Tavern at the End of the...
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Halloween Roundtable
PERRY PERSOFF “Halloween Roundtable” 1 track (8:52) This is what I would call a short entertaining radio play which Perry Persoff originally produced in 2005 for a public radio newsmagazine called...
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NRBQ
NRBQ by A.J. Wachtel Founded in 1967 and known for their incredible live shows and their unique blend of rock, pop, jazz, and blues in their music, NRBQ has a strong connection with New England. They...
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Walter Sickert
WALTER SICKERT & THE ARMY OF BROKEN TOYS by Meghan Chiampa Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys are a septet of seaside carnival Steamcrunk intergalactic wizardry. Musically talented as...
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Live Reviews
THE JON BUTCHER AXIS (CD release)/ EVAN GOODROW Larcom Theatre, Beverly, MA 11/8/14 I arrive at the Larcom minutes before the show and see that the wall of Marshall amps on the stage is ready to go....
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Video Reviews
ROGER MILLER “Big Steam” Well, this is pretty cool. An eclectic mix of black and white train footage, trippy color effects while the band plays, and I’m pretty sure there are clips from some old...
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CD Reviews
Photo: Jim Countryman ERIN HARPE & THE DELTA SWINGERS Vizzitone Label Group Love Whip Blues 10 tracks Erin Harpe has an inimitably sweet voice which also happens to be...
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Christmas CDs
These are reviews of locally released CDs for the holiday season. If you have local (New England) music you’d like to add to this collection, send it to T Max, PO Box 353, Gloucester, MA 01931BOSTON...
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Noise Live Picks
Thur Dec 11 LIVINGSTON TAYLOR + Boston Christmas Cavalcade for the Homeless @ Johnny D’s, Somerville MA Fri Dec 12 THE REAL KIDS + @ The Midway, Jamaica Plain MA Fri Dec 12 MUCK & THE MIRES +...
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