Scott McLennan

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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Film Review: Remembrance of Things Zappa

November 17, 2017
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Filmmaker Salvo Cuccia packs a lot into this tightly framed 2014 documentary on Frank Zappa.

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CD Review: Wormwood Casts a Mean “Mooncurse”

October 17, 2017
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Even though Wormwood’s sound is thick and lumbering, the band is actually pretty nimble.

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Music Review: Saxon and UFO — Still Howling After All These Years

October 2, 2017
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Saxon and UFO may not be ‘forever young,’ but their spirits have yet to grow old.

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Music Preview: The Wood Brothers — Broad Support for Their Eclectic Sound

September 10, 2017
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The Wood Brothers are giving Massachusetts audiences plenty of opportunities to catch them live.

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Rock Review: Dead & Co. — Still Kicking

June 20, 2017
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Wisely, guitarist John Mayer does not try to copy Jerry Garcia’s memorable licks, solos, tones, and styles.

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Music Preview: Chuck Prophet Does ‘California Noir’

June 12, 2017
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Chuck Prophet’s rollicking sound now is a lot more thoughtful than of yore — without losing any of its rollick.

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CD Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band — “Live From the Fox Oakland”

March 20, 2017
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So much goes on over the course of Live From the Fox Oakland that the TTB upends the notion of a band “settling” into a sound.

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Music Preview/CD Review: Valerie June — Learning to Master the “Order of Time”

February 5, 2017
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Singer Valerie June lays down an impressive vocal marker with her new album.

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Music Preview: The Mavericks Are Coming to Town

November 27, 2016
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“People need some lightness in their lives.”

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