A report from the Forrester Group last week predicts that digital music sales will surpass CDs in 2012. That’s a good thing for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is environmental. If companies no longer need to stamp out discs (which may not sell, and ultimately be relegated to a landfill), less [...]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – the local music community takes care of its own. This time, a Claremont man who’s anchored his fair share of rhythm sections over the years has fallen ill, and his friends are stepping up to help him out.
This Sunday at [...]
“Big Head” Todd Mohr is the record business’s worst nightmare. He thinks all music should be free – especially his own.
“I think that’s what it’s worth,” Mohr said as he prepared for a show at South Burlington’s Higher Ground club last Sunday.
“The easier it is for [...]
The big news from this year’s Grammy Awards? Obama defeats Clinton.
No, the presidential primaries still rage on. However, Barack Obama beat Bill Clinton for Best Spoken Word Performance.
But talk is cheap. What about the music? Does anyone care, least of all the folks handing out the golden gramophones?
The winner for short form video, [...]
There’s a certain conversation I often have with people who aren’t from my hometown. It invariably ends this way:
“In Claremont? I had no idea.”
There’s fine dining, eclectic shops, and a first class performing space? Uh-huh. From the look on their faces, you’d think I lived in Brigadoon – or Hooterville.
The only [...]
The Gully Boys’ secret of success, says founder and bandleader Bill Temple, is simple. Don’t worry about success.
“One of the reasons we’re still playing is we can’t take it that seriously,” he said before the band started their “14th Reunion Show” at the Middle Earth Music Hall Saturday night. “
Our biggest expectation is we’re [...]
