Folk Fest — All Is Not Lost!
I’m willing to bet you’re pretty bummed you didn’t get tickets to the sold-out Newport Folk Fest this year, right? You stay up late nights thinking about how you won’t […]
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Album Of The Week: Wilco’s Star Wars
Once in a while, a talented and established band will blindside the masses with an unexpected release. It causes a buzz for a few days among the band’s loyal fans. […]
BridgeFest: Representing RI Spirit
Late July is a bustling time in downtown Newport with the Folk and Jazz fests bookending the last two weekends of the month. With Newport Folk Festival running July 24 […]
Gathering of the Vibes Celebrates 20 Years
Twenty years of existence in the music festival circuit is virtually unheard of. Most modern festivals, such as Coachella and Bonnaroo, have been active for hardly a decade, but that barely scratches […]
Alt-Nation: July Shows Keep Summer Cooking
Jodie Treloar – Voila (75orLess Records) Jodie Treloar’s debut EP Voila features five tunes on the crossroads of indie folk and alt-country. Voila opens with “Marionette,” which reminds me of […]
Roots Report: Feeding You Cat Food, Strawberries and Music
Okee dokee folks … I know that I go off topic a lot in my writings, but that is just the way I am — scattered! But sometimes I do […]
Album Of The Week: The Velvet Teen’s All Is Illusory
In an age of music where you have to wade through the absurdly redundant and the painfully generic to discover something that’s truly original, the gratifying feeling when you plug […]
The Rare Occasions Head into the Spotlight
If you were to ask Brian McLaughlin, lead singer of the Rare Occasions, whether his band would win the WBRU Rock Hunt, the answer would be something like “optimistically unsure.” […]
Rob’s Album Of The Week: Vundabar’s Gawk
With a mix of garage rock and jangle pop, Boston’s Vundabar have a uniquely infectious sound that couldn’t be more evident than with their upcoming release, Gawk, the band’s spectacular […]
Rhyme & Reason: Local Hip-Hop Group Goes Beyond The Stage
The ‘Gansetts flowed and the speakers spoke at The Met for DirtyDurdie’s Golden Soul Comrade album release party. Though all in attendance expected (and received) a throbbing show from DD, […]