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POP Presents a Night of Music & Art with a Dose of Austin Culture
POP Presents a Night of Music & Art with a Dose of Austin Culture
When an event takes place with a combination of visual art and live music, the experience gets taken to a whole different level. It’s more…
Rob Duguay
Aug 7
Live Review: Newport Jazz Festival Immerses Fort Adams in a Vibrant Atmosphere
Live Review: Newport Jazz Festival Immerses Fort Adams in a Vibrant...
The Newport Jazz Festival will always be my all-time favorite festival to check out on an annual basis. I don’t say this to put down the…
Rob Duguay
Aug 6
Rob’s Album of The Week: Jack White’s No Name
Rob’s Album of The Week: Jack White’s No Name
Ever since I first saw the music video for The White Stripes’ “Fell In Love With A Girl” on MTV as teenager, I’ve been a fan of everything…
Rob Duguay
Aug 5
Pump House Music Works Puts on a Jazz & Blues Barbeque
Pump House Music Works Puts on a Jazz & Blues Barbeque
Summertime and barbeques go together like peanut butter and jelly, you really can’t have one without the other. When combined, they usually…
Rob Duguay
Aug 2
Interview: Ghost-Note Plan on Bringing a Distinct Flavor to the Newport Jazz Festival
Interview: Ghost-Note Plan on Bringing a Distinct Flavor to the New...
From August 2–4, the illustrious and legendary Newport Jazz Festival is going to be making its return to Fort Adams. This year’s edition is…
Rob Duguay
Aug 1
Live Review: Newport Folk Festival Brings Many Memorable Moments to Fort Adams
Live Review: Newport Folk Festival Brings Many Memorable Moments to...
It’s always a welcome occasion for music fans around Rhode Island and beyond when the Newport Folk Festival comes to Fort Adams. There are…
Rob Duguay
Jul 31
Rob’s Album of The Week: Already Dead’s Something Like a War
Rob’s Album of The Week: Already Dead’s Something Like a War
When it comes to punk rock in the United States, the city of Boston has had quite a history with it. Numerous bands like Dropkick Murphys…
Rob Duguay
Jul 29
Interview: Analog’s Dave Flamand Talks New Music & More Ahead of Bliss RI’s Return to Newport
Interview: Analog’s Dave Flamand Talks New Music & More Ahead of Bl...
There’s a ton of stuff happening in Newport this weekend with the Folk Festival going on. Along with the festival itself going down at Fort…
Rob Duguay
Jul 25
If You’re Going to Newport Folk This Year, Don’t Miss Out On the Bike Stage
If You’re Going to Newport Folk This Year, Don’t Miss Out On the Bi...
Every music festival has a way of bringing something different for attendees to experience. It could be an art installation of some sort…
Rob Duguay
Jul 24
Live Review: Foo Fighters Headline a Stacked Rock & Roll Bill at Fenway Park
Live Review: Foo Fighters Headline a Stacked Rock & Roll Bill at Fe...
I know I say it on an annual basis, but at least once a year there’s a stupendously stacked tour that rolls around and kicks major musical…
Rob Duguay
Jul 23
Rob’s Album of The Week: Oneida’s Expensive Air
Rob’s Album of The Week: Oneida’s Expensive Air
Brooklyn experimental rockers Oneida have a knack for pushing the creative envelope in a variety of ways. The quintet of drummer and…
Rob Duguay
Jul 22
Battlemode Exude Harmonious Heartbreak With ‘Playlist’
Battlemode Exude Harmonious Heartbreak With ‘Playlist’
When relationships end, the only things left behind are material possessions. These can be physical gifts of some sort or what the former…
Rob Duguay
Jul 19
Interview: Heavy Temple Come to Shred The Middle East in Cambridge
Interview: Heavy Temple Come to Shred The Middle East in Cambridge
When it comes to the current state of heavy metal, one of the best albums abiding by that style that has come out so far this year has been…
Rob Duguay
Jul 16
Rob’s Album of The Week: Johnny Blue Skies’ Passage du Desir
Rob’s Album of The Week: Johnny Blue Skies’ Passage du Desir
Sturgill Simpson has always been the type of artist to stray away from norms & trends while doing things on his own terms. This is proven…
Rob Duguay
Jul 15
Rob’s Album of The Week: Quinn DeVeaux’s Leisure
Rob’s Album of The Week: Quinn DeVeaux’s Leisure
Soul music has a way of touching upon feelings and emotions unlike any other style. It could be the lyrical delivery or the structure that…
Rob Duguay
Jul 8
Rob’s Album of The Week: Hiatus Kaiyote’s Love Heart Cheat Code
Rob’s Album of The Week: Hiatus Kaiyote’s Love Heart Cheat Code
Regardless of the type of music they put out, Hiatus Kaiyote consistently embraces a distinct flow with each song they write. This runs…
Rob Duguay
Jul 1
Interview: In Support of Their New Album, Les Savy Fav Look to Put on a Party at The Sinclair
Interview: In Support of Their New Album, Les Savy Fav Look to Put ...
They say that good things come to those who wait, and who knows that statement better than music fans? When it comes to reunions and album…
Rob Duguay
Jun 28
Back In the Norwich Groove: 5 Acts You Have to See at the Rose Arts Festival
Back In the Norwich Groove: 5 Acts You Have to See at the Rose Arts...
With summer just beginning, it’s that time of year in New England when there’s going to be a bunch of cool stuff going on every weekend…
Rob Duguay
Jun 28
Vundabar Begin New Chapter with the Release Of ‘I Got Cracked’
Vundabar Begin New Chapter with the Release Of ‘I Got Cracked’
Throughout the timeline of any creative pursuit, different chapters will be written and new levels of progression will be achieved. It…
Rob Duguay
Jun 27
Live Review: Future Islands Put on A Master Class in Human Connection at Roadrunner
Live Review: Future Islands Put on A Master Class in Human Connecti...
If you are like me, and most people, I reckon, the first time Future Islands came into your field of awareness was after their performance…
tim bugbee
Jun 26
Interview: Riding The Success Of ‘The Fatalist’, Buffalo Nichols Performs at Askew
Interview: Riding The Success Of ‘The Fatalist’, Buffalo Nichols Pe...
The blues is one of the timeless musical artforms in the American cultural lexicon. Like any style of music, it’s always able to be pushed…
Rob Duguay
Jun 26
Rob’s Album of The Week: Lake Street Dive’s Good Together
Rob’s Album of The Week: Lake Street Dive’s Good Together
You can call them a pop band, a soul band, or even a funk band, but the truth is that Lake Street Dive is a dynamically musical grouping of…
Rob Duguay
Jun 24
Interview: Tommy Prine Shows That Stellar Songwriting Runs in the Family at Fete Music Hall
Interview: Tommy Prine Shows That Stellar Songwriting Runs in the F...
When it comes to the craft of songwriting, very few musicians have had as much of an impact as John Prine. His influence on other musicians…
Rob Duguay
Jun 21
Guitar Phenom Mdou Moctar Brings A ‘Funeral for Justice’ To the Paradise
Guitar Phenom Mdou Moctar Brings A ‘Funeral for Justice’ To the Par...
Left to Right: Souleymane Ibrahim, Mdou Moctar, Michael Coltun & Ahmoudou Madassane (Photo Courtesy of Matador Records)
Rob Duguay
Jun 20
Western Mass Music: 5 Can’t-Miss Acts at the 2024 Green River Festival
Western Mass Music: 5 Can’t-Miss Acts at the 2024 Green River Festival
Taking place on the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Greenfield, the Green River Festival is one of the best music festivals happening on an…
Rob Duguay
Jun 19
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