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Music Review: New Releases of May 2019

June 11, 2019
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May 2019 pushed far on the Summer Hit front.

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Rock Festival Review: Boston Calling — A Surprisingly Successful Juggling Act

May 28, 2019
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The best (or worst, depending on your preferences) aspect to Boston Calling has become its attention to youth-centric subcultures that have blown mainstream in DJs/electronic music and hip-hop.

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Visual Arts Review: Play It Loud — Admiring the Tools that Made the Tunes

May 20, 2019
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Play It Loud is porn for musicians and fans who fetishize the tools of the trade.

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Rock Interview: Nils Lofgren — Being “Blue With Lou”

May 16, 2019
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“Since the late ‘60s I’ve been up and down the Northeast corridor, and Boston’s always one of our favorite stops.”

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Music Review: New Singles of 2019 — The Rise of Country-Rap

May 12, 2019
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This month focuses on contemporary country-rap. It’s high time we take note of a fledgling genre on the verge of mass popularity.

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Music Preview: Soul Man Cometh — Nick Waterhouse

May 5, 2019
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The music Nick Waterhouse performs (almost all of which he writes) is consistently retro—not to mention relentlessly danceable and fun.

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Music Review: The de-Stones’d New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 50th Anniversary

May 3, 2019
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“Forgiveness is the key and love is the answer… Have a good Jazz Fest, but also have a good life.”

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Music Interview/Review: Nervous Eaters – Back for Another Helping

April 23, 2019
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Luckily for us, after playing the occasional electrifying concert date over the years, Nervous Eaters is reuniting once again.

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Concert Review: Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets — The Early Brilliance of Pink Floyd

April 15, 2019
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Drummer Nick Mason and his four non-Floyd bandmates turned Boston’s Orpheum Theater into a psychedelic palace.

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Arts Appreciation: Hal Blaine — The Beat Goes On

March 14, 2019
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Hal Blaine contributed so much to such a large number of rock and pop’s greatest hits, that his music will continue to be heard and appreciated for as long as there are radios.

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