Rock
You could walk from Inman Square to Harvard, see Muddy Waters or John Lee Hooker play, and have your whole worldview changed.
Guitarist Jon Fine’s memoir is an intriguing blend of history, sociology, entertainment, and a healthy dose of after-hours pulp.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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