Rock

Concert Review: Gregg Allman and Doobie Brothers — A Study in Contrasts

August 21, 2015
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It was rather shocking to see Gregg Allman in such good shape this week: He looked as fit and trim as he has in decades.

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Concert Review: Carlos Santana Live — No Need for Golden Oldies

August 19, 2015
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Conventional wisdom says that audiences will mutiny if you don’t give ‘em all the hits, but this crowd danced all the way through Santana’s eclectic setlist.

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Rock Interview: Talking to a Post-Punk Legend — Bush Tetras’s Lead Singer Cynthia Sley

August 6, 2015
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The Bush Tetras — who’ve been on-off reunited since 1995, but haven’t hit Boston in nearly two decades — headline at the Sinclair this Saturday.

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Concert Review: Still Highway Stars — Deep Purple Brings the Faithful Back to 1972

July 27, 2015
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For the better part of two hours at Lynn Auditorium, this version of Deep Purple rocked a sold-out crowd chiefly made up of 50-somethings.

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Fuse CD Review: The Old Ceremony – Not Just Cool By Association

July 25, 2015
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None of these pedigrees guaranteed that The Old Ceremony’s music would live up to the promise. After all, cool by association does not equal great on one’s own.

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Concert Review: U2 in Boston — Soapboxing Kept to a Minimum

July 17, 2015
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U2 kept their soapboxing excesses at bay and delivered an uplifting and effective mix of new material and bona-fide classics without losing focus on what they do best.

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Music Feature: The Wheels of Soul Tour — A Soul Revue on a Couple of Hits of Acid

July 16, 2015
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Derek Trucks of the Tedeschi Trucks Band brimmed with enthusiasm when he described how one show ended with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings horn players joining his own 11-piece ensemble..

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Fuse Concert Review: The Rezillos — A Welcome Visit from Scotland’s Version of the Ramones

July 15, 2015
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Aging punk bands usually seem obliged to prove that their anger is still blazing. Since the Rezillos were never angry in the first place, they don’t have that problem.

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Rock Album Review: “Coma Ecliptic” — A Prog-Rock Opera

July 6, 2015
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This troupe from North Carolina has managed to hit all the right prog-rock targets with music that has sweep, depth, and texture while avoiding pretension.

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