When Ruby Boots stepped to the front of the stage and her band stepped back so she could sing “I Am A Woman” a capella, the crowd at Great Scott [ … ]
Phil Cook at The Sinclair Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Phil Cook, man. I’m shaking my head trying to capture how that show felt last night. Here’s the thing. At one point in the show, Phil talked about how much [ … ]
An Interview with Phil Cook: All for one. One for all.
The most joyful night of music I have ever experienced was Phil Cook and the Guitarheels at their Newport aftershow in 2016. People Are My Drug, Phil’s latest record, came [ … ]
An Interview with The Brother Brothers: Creating Community
It doesn’t take long listening to The Brother Brothers to realize that they’re doing something special. David Crosby just tweeted the other night that he heard them opening for I’m [ … ]
An Interview with Matthew Logan Vasquez (Glorietta): Ebb and Flow
There were so many great sets at Newport last summer. So many. So it’s stupid and inadvisable to say that there was a “best” set. All that being said, if [ … ]
Show You Should Know: Ruby Boots at Great Scott, October 17
Great Scott is going to be grooving next Wednesday night. It’s no secret that headliner Low Cut Connie will bring everything they’ve got, but you would be silly to miss [ … ]
An Interview with Molly Burch: This is My Voice
I first heard Molly Burch a few years ago on Daytrotter and was immediately captivated by her incredible voice and restrained songwriting. Her first record, Please Be Mine, was a [ … ]
Fresh Track: “Spotlight Girl,” by J. Van Cleave
“Spotlight Girl,” off J. Van Cleave’s full-length debut, Lights On, starts with these great stomp-claps before the bass drum kicks in–they fade into the background through the first verse, but [ … ]
Fresh Track: “Ancient Tattoos,” by Gentle Temper
It’s that gritty strumming. It’s that initial wail, followed by an insistent and groovy vocal. It’s the way this song grabs you and won’t let go. I love how “Ancient [ … ]
Ghostland: Festival Review (Thompson’s Point, Portland, ME 9/1/18)
Well, that was damn fun. We’ve known for a good long while that the fine gentlemen in The Ghost of Paul Revere know how to throw a party, but Ghostland [ … ]