Interview: Esmé Patterson Samantha Fleishman August 1, 2016s Democratic politicians sat polishing “I’m With Her” endorsements, I set up for a phone call with a musician interested in...
Local Spotlight: The Ladles Samantha Fleishman March 3, 2016knocked on a pale door tucked under the skirt of a Cambridge triple and waited. The label on the mailbox...
Weekly Wrap-Up: 9/11/2015 Samantha Fleishman September 11, 2015Sleeping away the knotted-stomach feeling that accompanies the start of school? Wondering what happened throughout the Boston music scene these...
Premiere: Nocturnes by Summer Homes Samantha Fleishman August 25, 2015though “drone” has a rather negative connotation – redolent of a professor speaking in a monotone, or a soulless object...
Guitars, Grammar, And Growing Up With The Fundies Samantha Fleishman August 4, 2015he practice room in the back of Club Passim was long and narrow and had only one window on the...
Album Review (Part III): Oh, Malô – “Orange” EP Samantha Fleishman May 25, 2015range certainly makes a fitting album title for Boston-based Oh, Malô’s latest release. The color’s vibrancy nicely matches the bright tone...
A Trip Through Space: Oh, Malô Samantha Fleishman April 21, 2015The rain poured down in Allston two Wednesdays back, but poor weather didn’t stand a chance against the line of...
Weekly Wrap-up: 11/1/2014 Samantha Fleishman November 1, 2014Welcome back to the column! We’ll be posting weekly with a consolidated report on the need-to-know music happenings around Boston,...
Interview: Esperanza Spalding Samantha Fleishman October 2, 2014Our call began with the disconnection of a first interviewer and ended with the arrival of another; Ms. Spalding’s line...
Album Premiere: “Forever Love” By High Hopes Band Samantha Fleishman September 22, 2014 year after their first EP release, the stakes remain high (and the hope, stacked) for High Hopes Band as the group prepares...