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Noah Schaffer

Music Feature: The Power of Boston Disco — Celebrating an Era

Disco is back in town! DJ Joey Carvello returns to Boston and the compilation Boston Goes Disco! is released.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music Tagged: Boston disco, Boston Goes Disco, Diana Steel, Ed McMann, Jerry McKenna, Joey Carvello, Kiss 108, Lisa Lips, Serge Gamesbourg, Sunny Joe White

Music Feature: Toots & The Maytals — Cranking and Skanking in Worcester

Toots Hibbert’s voice expresses both his Jamaican country church upbringing and his deep love of American R&B and soul.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music Tagged: Toots and the Maytals, Toots Hibbert

Lowell Folk Fest Preview: Mariachi Mexico Antiguo’s Journey to New England

Besides passing along the tradition of mariachi to their students, the members of Mariachi Mexico Antiguo perform as an ensemble at local events, including this weekend’s Lowell Folk Festival.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Music, Popular Music, Preview, Rock Tagged: Lowell Folk Festival, Mariachi Mexico Antiguo, Noah Schaffer, Rodbel Virula

Music Interview: The Oak Ridge Boys Get Hip With Gospel

The mainstream country trappings of the Oak Ridge Boys have obscured their crowning achievement: they helped bring the white gospel quartet tradition to the pop charts.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: Richard Sterban, The Oak Ridge Boys

Music Interview: Ernie Isley Keeps R&B Guitar Alive

The Isleys remain bizarrely underrated by mainstream media outlets, but they’ve never been forgotten by music fans.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Music, Popular Music, Rock Tagged: Ernie Isley, Isley Brothers, R&B guitar

Feature: Roots & World Music Live Highlights of 2017

Here’s a look at the good stuff among last year’s live music events.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Music, World Music Tagged: Andy Statman, Buffy St. Marie, Debo Band, Innov Gnawa, Julian Kytasty, Lowell Folk Festivals, Marty Stuart, Mary Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives, Mountain to Mountain, Nerses Nalbandian, Newport Jazz Festival, The Cookers, The Either/Orchestra, The Stave Sessions, TIGUE

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.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Music, Popular Music, Rock Tagged: Evie Sands, Once Lounge in Somerville

Music Interview: Dave Stuckey — Rockabilly Hero

Dave Stuckey of the Lucky Stars and the Hukilau Hotshots comes to the New England Shakeup.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Interview, Music, World Music Tagged: Noah Schaffer

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.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: city of Boston, Noah Schaffer, Outside the Box festival, Susan Darian, Ted Cutler

Music Interview: Rench Explains the Shuffle and Flow of Gangstagrass

What unites country and hip-hop? An outlaw narrative.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: bluegrass, Gangstagrass, HipHop, Noah Schaffer, Rench, Them's The Breaks

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