Scott McLennan
This year’s edition of Metalfest matched the fabled fests of yore – a point not lost on many of the bands that performed, many of them making note on stage that the metal world had somehow been made right again.
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In performance, singer Sierra Ferrell offered a more expansive vision of her spirited and spiritual approach to country music.
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This unconventional memoir suggests that music can do more than just change ideas or beliefs — it can transform minds, overhaul brains.
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Returning to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on Thursday night, the Rolling Stones, miraculously, sounded dangerous again.
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This month, the veteran guitarist, singer, and songwriter released his first solo album, 99 Shots, and found himself leaning in a direction he had spent decades avoiding.
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Over the course of Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s two-hour show the tension between magnificent creativity and near collapse were palpable.
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A powerful performer and artist emerges in this ambitious album about being publicly ostracized and maligned — and coming back stronger.
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Sessanta succeeded in making “old” songs and “old” bands sound powerful, vital, and progressive.
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The Disco Biscuits are playing champion-level shows following a period of rebuilding and recalibrating that brought the band out of semi-retirement.
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“Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa” is a snapshot of a vibrant octogenarian artist who is still moving forward.
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Arts Commentary: From the Editor’s Desk — By Popular Demand, 2026