The Isleys remain bizarrely underrated by mainstream media outlets, but they’ve never been forgotten by music fans.
Feature: Roots & World Music Live Highlights of 2017
Here’s a look at the good stuff among last year’s live music events.
Music Interview: Evie Sands Won’t Quit Making Pop
Instead of wallowing in pity, singer Evie Sands has had the last laugh by remaining active as a performer, songwriter, and guitarist of original material.
Music Interview: Dave Stuckey — Rockabilly Hero
Dave Stuckey of the Lucky Stars and the Hukilau Hotshots comes to the New England Shakeup.
Outside the Box: No Endowment — But the Festival will return in 2018
The free Outside the Box arts festival is taking the year off, but its head vows that it will return next year.
Music Interview: Rench Explains the Shuffle and Flow of Gangstagrass
What unites country and hip-hop? An outlaw narrative.
No Outside the Box Festival in 2017
Boston will not have a large-scale free music and arts festival in 2017.
Music Feature: Shor’ty Billups — The Last Boston Soul Man
A celebration of a man who is one of the only remaining Boston R&B and soul artists who recorded in the 1960s.
Film Interview: WJIB Owner Featured in IFFBoston Documentary Short
Derek Frank’s film tells the story of radio station owner Bob Bittner, whose one-man network has generated a cult following.
Music Interview: Danilo Brito — Master of the Choro Mandolin
Danilo Brito was a child prodigy who originally began playing both the mandolin and the four-stringed cavaquinho.