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Music Interview: Guitarist and Singer Tobin Sprout — the George Harrison of Guided by Voices

July 10, 2014
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Since then, they have remained as indefatigable as ever in terms of writing, recording, and touring.

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Fuse Album Review: Singer Songwriter Bryan McPherson — Protester and Performer

June 23, 2015
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Bryan McPherson has come a long way from writing songs in the room next to mine in North Cambridge and then busking at Porter and Harvard Squares.

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Author Interview: Stephanie Schorow on “The Great Boston Fire” — Urban Conflagration

November 9, 2022
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“A lot of people don’t know about this fire today. It’s not really well-known as part of the city’s history.”

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Author Interview: Journalist David Montero on “The Stolen Wealth of Slavery”

February 3, 2024
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“A lot of books talk about slavery as something that just happened in the South and ended in 1865. I felt like there could be a book about how the North was making more of the profit and was in some ways more responsible morally, politically, and financially than the South.”

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Concert Review: Eminent Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist Richard Thompson at the Shalin Liu Performance Center

September 27, 2022
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The caliber of Richard Thompson’s voice is undiminished. His always expressive, frequently soothing timbre was perfectly intact.

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Music Interview: Carl Palmer — Percussionist Extraordinaire

June 3, 2016
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Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy will perform its “Remembering Keith and the Music of Emerson, Lake & Palmer” show next week in Arlington.

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Concert Review: Singer Mavis Staples — Reliably Superb

March 31, 2017
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Mavis Staples’ colossal voice fully blanketed the entire venue and tucked its way into every nook and cranny.

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Music Interview: Juliana Hatfield Talks About “Blood”

May 14, 2021
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In her new album, Juliana Hatfield’s concerns are comeuppance, self-abasement, and the depravity of those who revel in the power to make decisions that can adversely affect others.

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Rock CD Review: Canadian Pop Rockers Sloan Share the “Commonwealth”

October 24, 2014
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So how do four young guys successfully build upon two masterworks while simultaneously facing possible enervation due to record label woes and botched stateside promotion?

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Pop Rock CD Review: Sloan’s “12” — By Jove, they’ve done it again!

May 6, 2018
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Sloan is a brand that stands for high-quality, retro-flavored pop that is rarely hackneyed or derivative.

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