Rock
Besides passing along the tradition of mariachi to their students, the members of Mariachi Mexico Antiguo perform as an ensemble at local events, including this weekend’s Lowell Folk Festival.
Rob Sheffield seemed to have promised a whale of an original tale but delivered only a few goldfish.
Why would anyone think a good-time rocker like “Fun, Fun, Fun” needed strings?
The best festivals, like Disc Jam, build and deliver music-fueled experiences.
Jesse Colin Young’s best material is worthy of favorable comparisons to Tom Rush, Gordon Lightfoot, and the unrelated Neil Young.
Even after decades, The Damned is still grandly flying its freak flag.
It’s not a bad time to be performing back-to-the-boogie heavy metal music anywhere in the world.
On the occasions that Bob Weir and Phil Lesh performed as a legitimate duo the concert attained some of its more transcendent peaks.
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.

Rock Homage: Farewell, Slayer — Metal to the Core
Slayer has been as good and dependable as any band ever has been in rock and roll.
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