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Noah Schaffer

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

No Outside the Box Festival in 2017

Boston will not have a large-scale free music and arts festival in 2017.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: Noah Schaffer, Outside the Box festival, Ted Cutler

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.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Music, Popular Music, Preview, World Music Tagged: Barry Goudreau, Bill Doggett, Boston Soul Man, Cheryl Arena, Foxx Band, Freddie Scott, Jackie Wilson, James Montgomery, Perfect Place Function Hall, Professor Harp, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Shor'ty Billups, Wilson Pickett

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