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Adam Ellsworth

Rock Concert Review: Queen + Adam Lambert — Close to the Real Thing

Now more than ever, “the people,” of all ages, want Queen. How lucky we are that Lambert, May, and Taylor are willing and able to deliver.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Brian May, Queen, Queen + Adam Lambert, Roger Taylor

Book Review: “Which Side Are You On?” — American History, Skimmed Over

In its efforts to cram so much information into so small a space, the narrative becomes unfocused.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, James Sullivan, Oxford University Press, Protest Songs, Which Side Are You On? 20th Century American History in 100 Protest Songs

Film Review: “Bohemian Rhapsody” — Pure Pleasure

The film captures everything I love about Queen — the outrageousness, the audacity, the bigness of it all.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Freddie Mercury, Queen, Rami Malek

Rock CD Review: Remembering the “Bosstown Sound”

We Bostonians are a tough bunch and the Remains had a tough sound. That’s what Boston music should be remembered for.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: "Calm Before…", "Live 1969", "The Rising Storm", The Remains, Ultimate Spinach

Book Review: Punk Rock and Poetry — The Record Corrected

There was an entire “New York School” that the punks were inspired by and a part of, whether they always wanted to be or not.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Rock Tagged: Columbia University Press, Daniel Kane, Do You Have a Band? Poetry and Punk Rock in New York City, Patti Smith, Poetry, Punk Rock, Richard Hell

Concert Review: Queen + Adam Lambert at Boston’s TD Garden

To their credit, replacing Freddie Mercury is not something his surviving bandmates have ever tried to do.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Adam Lambert, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Queen, Queen + Adam Lambert, Roger Taylor, TD Garden

Book Review: “Anatomy of a Song” — An Oral History of Pop Music

There is no doubt that Marc Myers is doing noble work — if only Anatomy of a Song was more exciting to read.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Anatomy of a Song, Marc Myers, Oral History, pop, R&B, rock

Book Review: “Just Around Midnight” — A Revelatory Look at Race and 1960s Rock and Roll

Why did rock and roll become white? Music critic Jack Hamilton’s extraordinary new book provides a challenging answer.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Harvard University Press, Jack Hamilton, Just Around Midnight, race, Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination, Rock-and-Roll

Theater Review: “Mercury’s Ashes” — A Beautiful Mystery Story

Homophobia may not have been behind Freddie Mercury’s decision to keep the location of his ashes a secret, but it hardly ruins Mercury’s Ashes.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Freddie Mercury, Lián Amaris, Mercury’s Ashes, Queen, Renzo Ampuero, Salem Theatre Company, Vector Art Ensemble

Album Review: Queen’s “A Night at the Odeon”—Holding Nothing Back

1975 was when they officially began their reign. A fab year for sure.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: A Night at the Odeon, Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie Mercury, Queen, Virgin EMI

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