Local Spotlight: Ripe Jon Simmons December 9, 2014in an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony within a two year period. That’s Ripe’s endgame. Robbie Wulfsohn,...
Local Spotlight: Otter Adam Kaminski November 14, 2014General George Washing Machine, Urethra Franklin, Stone Cold Jane Austen… Believe it or not, these band names were once semi-serious...
Local Spotlight: The Soundscape of Ben Cosgrove Zoë Atlas November 4, 2014Ben Cosgrove was much younger than I expected. Two weeks prior to our interview, he dropped a copy of his...
Local Spotlight: Bakari J.B. Jon Simmons October 29, 2014here came a point when they became too much to handle, and he had to reel them in. That is,...
Local Spotlight: Viva La Hop Jon Simmons September 29, 2014Viva La Hop band name \ˈviːvə ˈlɑ hɑːp\ 1Long live hip-hop 2Long live the hop In the era of the...
Local Spotlight: St. Nothing Knar Bedian September 3, 2014That’s how St. Nothing lead singer Marco Lawrence describes the solo-project turned trio. After hearing them headline a Great Scott...
Local Spotlight: Cam Meekins Caroline Hart August 28, 2014Boston-based hip-hop artist and producer Cam Meekins is ambitious and humble, with an eye toward improving how his generation approaches...
Local Spotlight: Ryan Aderréy Adam Kaminski August 26, 2014 I met with Ryan Aderréy in the shadow of the Prudential Center, in his basement apartment a few blocks...
Local Spotlight: Luddy Mussy Nitesh Gupta August 19, 2014When they aren’t hiding “on a barge in international waters,” the goofy and fun Luddy Mussy reside in Somerville, MA. Their music video, “Not...
New England, Old Sound Adam Kaminski June 24, 2014Last week I had the opportunity to speak with “power-melodic-orchestrated-song-oriented rock” group New England. Popular in the late ‘70s and...