Revering their Roots: The Ballroom Thieves Sadye Bobbette December 22, 2022Effervescent locals support their folk-rock hometown heroes, The Ballroom Thieves, during their tenth performance at the Sinclair. Stepping into the...
Album Review: Clouds by the Ballroom Thieves Sadye Bobbette November 30, 2022Boston-based duo The Ballroom Thieves emerges from pandemic solitude with their most charismatic, illustrative songwriting to date, brimming with a...
Newport Folk Festival 2022: Saturday and Sunday Lilly Nguyen July 31, 2022Days Two and Three of Newport Folk Festival were filled with sweet music and the summer camp-esque magic the festival...
Newport Folk Festival 2022: Friday Lilly Nguyen July 26, 2022Attendees of all ages descended upon Fort Adams State Park for the annual Newport Folk Festival, returning to full capacity...
Premiere: “Erotic” by Olivia Barton Sally Pigeon April 29, 2022“Erotic” is a song Olivia Barton almost didn’t finish. The music itself is lonely, just Barton’s voice and a guitar....
Premiere: “Chapstick and Change” by Jake Swamp and the Pine Mario Esquivel May 15, 2020On their newest single, Jake Swamp and the Pine offer a return to traditional folk music heavily based on their...
Ticket Giveaway: Hawthorn and Izzy Heltai (2/8) Matt Feenan February 5, 2020It’s been nearly a year since Hawthorn, a Bostonian folk duo consisting of Taylor Holland and Heather Scott, played the...
Album Review: Fearless Mortal Inventory by Yoni Gordon N. Malte Collins December 14, 2019Yoni Gordon does a stylistic 180 on Fearless Mortal Inventory, veering away from ear-worm pop songs to brooding abysses of...
Bird, Why Do You Sing?: Gaelynn Lea David Paradela November 16, 2019With nothing but a fiddle and a looper pedal, Gaelynn Lea played songs that at times sounded Lord of the...
A Wink and a Grin: Andrew Bird Tadhg Larabee October 14, 2019Performing with passion and wit, Andrew Bird brought his signature swing-folk sound to the Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion. Andrew Bird...