Soul Conductor: Leon Bridges Jon Simmons May 4, 2015e’ve heard the Sam Cooke comparisons, and they are accurate: Leon Bridges sings original soul music, seeming to spring from...
Lights, Camera, Action Bronson: Converse Rubber Tracks Night Four Jon Simmons May 2, 2015oly smokes! Or maybe not. Night four of Converse Rubber Tracks’ series at The Sinclair puffed to a start. Just before...
Harmonica Howl: Current Swell Jon Simmons April 21, 2015If you closed your eyes, you could easily imagine yourself on a private beach or around a campfire with good...
Apu-what? Aputumpu Festival (Friday) Jon Simmons April 16, 2015putumpu, a Brooklyn-based blog that produces events, traveled to Boston to present a two-night music festival at The Middle East –...
Interview: IamSu! Jon Simmons April 14, 2015t 25 years old, Bay Area native IamSu! (Sudan Williams) has already collaborated with rappers like 50 Cent, Too $hort,...
Local Spotlight/Song Premiere: “It’s Fine, It’s Swell” by Box of Birds Jon Simmons April 13, 2015nless you’re from New Zealand, you may not know what the term “box of birds” means. The folks in Boston...
Feedback Maniac: Benjamin Booker Jon Simmons April 8, 2015ips pressed against the microphone, garage-punk/soul musician Benjamin Booker delivered mostly unintelligible lyrics to a sold-out Sinclair crowd. On top of gritty, overdriven guitar,...
Brick Records: Not Giving a Fuck Since 1996 Jon Simmons April 7, 2015ot many record labels survive a year. Hardly any are above water after nearly 20. In the tumultuous sea of...
Kaleidoscope: Berklee’s Open-Genre Battle of the Bands Jon Simmons March 16, 2015Where will you find a boy band, a rapper, and a Scandinavian jazz-folk group performing on the same stage? At...
Confetti Cannon Funk: Gang of Thieves, Viva La Hop, Ripe Jon Simmons March 9, 2015 riptide of funk welled between the walls of Brighton Music Hall. Three bands took to the stage on Thursday night—Gang of...
