This is the time of the year I start humming Bruce Springsteen’s “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” and thinking about fireworks. That’s inevitable – I moved East from California in 1976, just in time to join an estimated 2 million people in Boston for the Bicentennial.
There’s nothing like a [...]
A series of concerts featuring area musicians and benefiting local charities continues this weekend at Lyman Point Park in White River Junction. Saturday’s show at the Hartford Band Stand features the Gully Boys, Kind Buds and the Black Moon Bear Drum Ensemble.
“Rhythms of the River” kicked of May 27th, [...]
Too tired from raising three children to write original music, Kelly Willis entered the studio ready to record cover tunes. Gratefully, she found her muse with collaborator/producer Chuck Prophet. Willis’s first new album in five years is also her best. At turns sly, clever, upbeat and sweet, “Translated From Love” [...]
For all the controversy surrounding this record, you’d think Kelly Clarkson had released “Metal Machine Music.” It does have a Seventies feel to it, but “My December” isn’t kin to Lou Reed’s notorious 45 minutes of droning feedback. When it works, it’s a straight-up rocker Pat Benetar wouldn’t be ashamed [...]
More on Morrissey’s postponed June 27 Pines Theater show, via an IHEG email:
“Morrissey regrettably had to end his show at Boston’s Bank Of America Pavillion last night after 30 minutes due to a throat infection that made it impossible for him to continue. The audience of almost 5000 strong experienced a fantastic opening seven numbers [...]
In 2004, I attended Signature Sounds’ 10th anniversary show at the Calvin, and in addition to enjoying music from performers I knew about - Josh Ritter, Mark Erelli, Rani Arbo - I found about a few I’d somehow missed.
One was Lori McKenna, who writes devastatingly straightforward songs about life as most people know it. [...]
According to the Northampton Ticket Office, Morrissey “lost his voice” in Boston last night, and his Pines Theater show has been postponed until further notice.
“Hang on to your tickets,” admonishes the IHEG web site.
Via RAIN:
Numerous webcasters and other members of the SaveNetRadio.org coalition have picked a date for the proposed “Day of Silence” media event to draw attention to the Internet radio royalties issue: Tuesday, June 26
Three big webcasters, Live365, AccuRadio and KCRW’s net presence, have already pledged to go dark that day.
In his excellent autobiography, “Radio Waves,” Jim Ladd (the guy Tom Petty sang about in “The Last DJ”) recalls asking John Lennon about the impact his music had on the social changes of the 1960s.
“Artists are a kind of mirror of society, they’re not some luxury,” he answered. “Critics say … you sang about [...]
This is an ear-to-ear grin of a record, full of joy and the counting of blessings. “Raise your cup to another day,” sings bandleader Arbo on the title cut, an obvious nod to her recent battle with breast cancer. But it would be too easy to sum up the [...]
