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Musician Interview: Clinton Fearon on Reggae, Resilience, and the Songs That Endure

August 8, 2026
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Ahead of a run of shows with Boston’s Naya Rockers, the veteran Jamaican musician looks back on the Gladiators, Lee “Scratch” Perry, political “sleepwalking,” and a career still driven by curiosity.

Musician Interview: Planning for Burial’s Thom Wasluck on Somergloom, Seven-Year Gaps, and Turning 40

August 1, 2026
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The Wilkes-Barre doomgaze artist talks creative block, bare-bones recording, and why he prefers to play in shows with musicians that don’t sound like him.

Musician Interview: John Stanier Talks About Tomahawk’s Second Life

July 26, 2026
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Tomahawk readies a rare tour stop in Boston as its members reconvene after more than a decade.

Jazz Musician Interview: “It’s About What’s Real” — Fred Hersch in Conversation

July 22, 2026
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The acclaimed pianist-composer reflects on a newly unearthed duet with Mick Goodrick, the art of deep listening, and a life shaped by resilience and risk.

Local Author Interview: Milo Todd on Excavating a Lost Queer Berlin

July 17, 2026
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Novelist Milo Todd discusses his novel “The Lilac People” and the challenge of reconstructing queer and trans lives under—and after—Nazism.

Musician Interview: Daniel Donato on Bringing Cosmic Country to the Levitate Festival

July 14, 2026
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The rising Nashville artist on genre-blending, spiritual energy onstage, and a full-circle live album.

Playwright Interview: “A New Era,” Reconsidered

July 12, 2026
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Playwright Miranda Austen ADEkoje revisits an 1895 gathering of Black women activists, uncovering the tensions, ambitions, and humanity behind a historic coalition.

Book Review: Rivalry as Collaboration — Dylan, the Beatles, and the Sound of Influence

June 25, 2026
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Jim Windolf’s joint portrait argues that competition between icons did not divide them—it reshaped modern music

Arts Feature: Mark Cutler and The Same Thing Project — Writing Songs Together

June 25, 2026
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Mark Cutler’s community songwriting workshops transform shared experience into collective sound.

Author Interview: Rethinking 1968 — Beyond the Stereotypes

June 19, 2026
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In “1968,” historian Alexander Bloom challenges the clichés of counterculture and reflects on a year of global rupture.

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