Roy C may not have lived to see the current regime toppled or his litigation over past royalties resolved to his satisfaction, but he died knowing that he was — without a doubt — a Black American original.
Book Review: Two Glimpses of Caribbean Culture in a Year without Carnival
A pair of recent books help keep the glorious spirit of Carnival alive.
Concert Review: Ticket to Park — Johnny A Plays the British Invasion Songbook at the Tupelo Drive-In
A by-the-carload ticket gets you a spot in the Tupelo Music Hall parking lot and an empty space next to it.
Visual Arts Review: Visiting a Museum during a Pandemic — A Trip to the deCordova
“We ask that you limit your stay to two hours, and remember that our restrooms are not open.”
Arts Remembrance: Darick Campbell — Quiet Giant of the Sacred Steel Guitar
Darick Campbell was one of the Campbell Brothers, the Rochester-based group whose emergence on the roots music circuit in the late ’90s played a major role in the mainstream discovery of the sound known as “sacred steel.”
Arts Commentary: Big Art — Big Greed
Members of anti-arts Right are incensed by the stimulus funding going to Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center for the Arts. And they’re right.
Concert Preview: Judy Collins Heats Up Some “Winter Stories”
“People love a story, they always have, and always will, and stories are an essential ingredient in this folk music revival, which started sometime in the early ’50s.”
Music Interview: Michael C. Smith on the Boston Caribbean Carnival and How “Culture Lives Here”
Michael C. Smith’s new Boston Carnival photo book proves that “Culture Lives Here.”
Music Feature: From the Pews to the Streets — The Harmonizing Stars of Boston Celebrate 50 years
As a capella singers, they have taken their musical ministry — and its repertoire of 500 songs — to streets, subway stations, picnics, community clean-ups, and anywhere else they might find an audience who appreciated a musical message.
Music Interview: Michael Daves on How Anyone can be a Bluegrass Singer
“You don’t really know how to perform bluegrass until you interact with others.”