Music is magical. We reread these words from our 2008 article in the Newport Mercury, “A Hard Rain Fell” – our first time at the Newport Folk Fest. Something rings short of them these days, some sort of cynicism vibrates now, perhaps a dissonance between that time and our current era.Read More →
Yes, this has been a long-delayed post on the Folk Fest, and we greatly apologize. It’s intimidating to write up a festival with such a long and storied history, deep in tradition, and it’s also a long slog through hundreds of photos as well. We thank y’all for your patience.Read More →
Kyle Morton circa the solemn 1930s (B&W). Photo (c) Jeremy Paul Hernandez. Rough Trade NYC, New York, NY. Fri. 1-20-17, Doors 8p, Show 9p. $15.Cafe 393, Boston, MA. Sat. 01-21-17, Doors 7:30p, Show 8p. SOLD OUT. In case you were unaware, we are obsessed with Typhoon. You might want to read our review of their debut full-length White Lighter from 2013 – one of two 5 / 5’s on this little blog (the other belonging to Deer Tick). It’s a brilliant album, we can safely say. So when we saw Kyle Morton’s solo tour, the same Mr. Morton who is primary songwriter and singer forRead More →
We’d been keeping on top of Unknown Mortal Orchestra since their sophomore full-length, cleverly titled “II.” We were initially on the fence as to whether we wanted to catch the Portland, Oregonian foursome – mostly because we’d just come off the Newport Folk Festival the previous weekend. But we admit: we had a good time of it at Fete in Providence. Yes indeedy. So, obviously the UMO played some cuts off their latest jam, Multi-Love. No surprise there. But what we enjoyed about this performance were two things: how adaptable their songs were. Yes, as enjoyable as listening to Multi-Love is (and it’s certainly enjoyable), weRead More →