Interview
“For a writer the important thing is to write. The second important thing is the resonance of a reaction, a response. Without an audience, you’re basically locked in your cavern.”
“One of the accomplishments of this book is that it is a capsule history of the art of Cape Ann.”
Samantha Fish is coming to the Cabot Theater on June 16. Her latest disc, produced by Jon Spencer, currently sits atop “Billboard”’s Blues Albums chart.
Director Ryan Stevens Harris talks about his stunningly cinematic home-grown labor of love, Moon Garden.
The Smithereens have released only two albums of original material since 1999, so it was pleasantly surprising when The Lost Album, consisting of a dozen songs recorded in 1993 but never released by the band, appeared last September.
“I go out on the road and the clubs are full everywhere I go,” Peter Case gratefully acknowledges. “People come out to hear me play. It’s an amazing gift to have that.

Author Interview: Dr. Peniel E. Joseph on the Third Reconstruction and Hope for a Multiracial Democracy
Blake Maddux talks to Peniel Joseph about his latest book, “The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century.”
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