Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… I was saddened to learn about the passing of someone that I greatly admired, Bob Jones. If you are not in the folk world you may not […]
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September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Stop, Rock, & Roll: August 2023
Welcome back! Here are five local cuts to get you through the dog days of summer. Nes Tarot’s Psycho Tropics – “Slacky Adventures of Psychlone Funk” As the title suggests, […]
Roots Report: August 15 – 31, 2023
Okee dokee folks… NINETEEN YEARS! Wow! I have now been writing columns in Motif for a little more than 19 years! I started writing for Motif an issue or two […]
Music and Mental Health Series: A frank discussion of substance use and abuse amongst musicians, Pt. 1
It is a fact that people use substances, both legal and illegal, for all sorts of reasons. Some are more socially acceptable while others are relegated to back rooms and […]
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… This thought popped into my head today. When my duo, Fuzek-Rossoni, began playing open mics over 35 years ago, one of the first places we played was […]
Is This Jazz?: Newport Jazz Fest ‘23
The time is upon us for yet another edition of the historic Newport Jazz Festival. This year for a change of pace from past guides, I’m going to focus on […]
ALL FEMALE FRONT: A Newport to Nashville festival night
Paralleling this year’s events at Newport Folk Fest is a show called “ALL FEMALE FRONT: A Newport to Nashville Festival Night,” produced by Spring Street Productions at Newport Playhouse. Normally, […]
Subterranean Jungle
It’s been a while since we’ve gotten a new album of sea shanties from Sharks Come Cruisin’ but that all changes this fall! The band will release their third full-length […]
Counting Crows at PPAC
Okee dokee folks… I was fortunate to be in attendance for the Counting Crows/Dashboard Confessional show at Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) last night. The Crows were on their Banshee […]
Last Summer on Earth Tour
Okee dokee folks… The other night, July 8, I checked out a new, to me, venue, The Bank of NH Pavilion, and attended The Last Summer on Earth Tour with […]