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 These guys’ album has been stuck in my head the past week or so (photos courtesy of Marc Brigante): Three clues: that’s both of them, they’re heavy but acoustic, and stationed in RI (currently). That’s Brown Bird right there, and if you couldn’t tell, well, I couldn’t either; MorganEve cut off her hair! Thank god David pointed her out to me, or I never would’ve known. Their album isn’t out until October, but if I were to take a guess, I’d say the audience liked it. And that’s putting it blandly; there was a definite mosh-pit going on during “Ragged Old Town,” and I groovedRead More →

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Myself and the photographer-for-the-day, Dave “Bizarro” Cordeiro – all photos copyright him, by the way – arrived on-site early enough to get the lay of the land before all music broke loose. We stumbled across a drummer bathing in one of the sinks, and were regaled with the typical tales of the touring musician: a pinch of sleep, warnings about body odor, and the scramble to cover hundreds of miles to the next gig.I wanted to start this with a little perspective. I think every bit of pure fun should have a pound of that, lurking somewhere.But despite the untold, rather grimy side of theRead More →

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So you don’t have tickets to the sold-out Newport Folk Festival. But you still want to contribute/ party out. Well, here’s your lucky chance.These guys (see Deer Tick, above) are rocking out at our friends’ joint, a little place we like to call the Newport Blues Cafe. They’re pretty crazy (so much so it kinda irks us, but what the heck) and damn, do we love their albums. Anyway, entry is $10, and the proceeds go to the nonprofit organizer of the Newport Folk Fest. They be jammin’ tonight (which is of little help, we know), but also Saturday night, before Mr. McCauley hits upRead More →

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For a little Rhode Island pair, Brown Bird is doing well. Having opened for fellow Providence Americana band The Low Anthem, Connecticut’s 26 year-old MorganEve Swain (left – just kidding!) and the 33 year-old Illinois native David Lamb (actual left) are, as they say, in it to win it. As part of Sunday’s lineup at the Newport Folk Festival (www.newportfolkfest.net – sorry, tickets are sold out!), the gritty, down-the-river folk duo will display their chops in anticipation of their new album, October’s “Salt for Salt,” on the Harbor Stage. But, if you’re really dying for a sense of Lamb’s emotive vocals (and Swain’s great backing),Read More →