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Music Interview: Jesse Colin Young and His Boston Roots

May 17, 2018
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Jesse Colin Young’s best material is worthy of favorable comparisons to Tom Rush, Gordon Lightfoot, and the unrelated Neil Young.

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Rock Review: The Damned Deliver Damned Good “Evil Spirits”

May 16, 2018
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Even after decades, The Damned is still grandly flying its freak flag.

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Rock Interview: Gozu — Multifaceted Heavy Metal

April 18, 2018
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It’s not a bad time to be performing back-to-the-boogie heavy metal music anywhere in the world.

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Music Review: Bob Weir & Phil Lesh — Together, At Times

March 8, 2018
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On the occasions that Bob Weir and Phil Lesh performed as a legitimate duo the concert attained some of its more transcendent peaks.

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Music Feature: The New Funk of Ripe — Making Happiness a “Heavy Emotion”

February 20, 2018
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Here we are more than a year into the tumultuous Trump era, and we have not seen a revival of angry punk or righteous folk.

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Music Interview: Vancouver’s Dan Bejar, Leader of the band Destroyer

January 22, 2018
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“There’s not too many people wanting their money back, thinking that they’re at a Pig Destroyer show or Destroyer 666.”

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Music Interview: Ernie Isley Keeps R&B Guitar Alive

January 16, 2018
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The Isleys remain bizarrely underrated by mainstream media outlets, but they’ve never been forgotten by music fans.

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Rock CD Review: Remembering the “Bosstown Sound”

January 15, 2018
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We Bostonians are a tough bunch and the Remains had a tough sound. That’s what Boston music should be remembered for.

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Commentary: #MeToo and Dethroning Rock Deities

January 2, 2018
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We have the obligation to look behind the music and the culture that glorified and perpetuated it.

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Music Feature: Hot Tuna — No Time for Nostalgia

November 26, 2017
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“The acoustic duo shows are on the edge. It’s stripped pretty naked. It’s as if we were just playing in your living room.”

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