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Talking ’bout a revolution

The Gamm’s life-affirming Rock ’n’ Roll
It takes a theatrical genius like Tom Stoppard to come up with Rock ’n’ Roll, which merges the pulsing spirit of both until they feel like one. And it takes a theater of the caliber of the Gamm to make history feel like a Stones concert that becomes a political rally.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 05, 2010

Let's get Russian

A live album for a dead rock singer from Kino Proby
The quick back-story on Kino Proby: Three Mainers take a liking to the Russian band Kino, and its legendary lead singer Viktor Tsoi, who died in a car wreck in 1990 after becoming maybe the single most famous Russian rock star.
By SAM PFEIFLE | January 06, 2010

The music man

George Wein, the father of American music festivals, reflects on bringing world-class folk and jazz (and more) to Newport
Forty years after a half-million hippies descended on a sprawling dairy farm in upstate New York, Woodstock has become shorthand for an entire epoch.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | August 05, 2009

Something for everyone

Hands and Knees' vintage-to-Fraggle rock
In the last three years Hands and Knees have been signed to the Beatings' Midriff Records and racked up ample gold stars from critics; late last month they also dropped their splendid sophomore record, Et tu, Fluffy?
By BARRY THOMPSON | May 12, 2009

Interview: Greil Marcus

Rock's critic-in-chief talks rock and roll photography
Greil Marcus on rock-and-roll photography
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | January 21, 2009

Cadillac Records

Muddies the Waters, but in a Good Way
Cadillac Records writer/director Darnell Martin lets the music speak for itself
By CHRIS WANGLER | December 12, 2008

Unplugged

Arcadia Landing call it quits
Four friends, two bands, and nine years laer, Arcadia Landing is closed for business, according to a statement posted on their MySpace page on July 25.
By CHRIS CONTI | August 27, 2008

Guitar solos?

Obits go back to basics
“It actually feels really liberating, like a moment where you’re like, ‘Boy, am I glad to be an adult!’"
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | August 19, 2008

Rough power

Bill Gage has Down syndrome. And his band rocks
Watching Bill Gage perform with his band, BILL, is an eye-opening experience.
By IAN SANDS | March 27, 2008

Going on sale: March 21, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Colbia Caillat, Eddie Izzard, Laura Viers, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | March 18, 2008

Twang and burn

Sarah Borges lights a roots-rock fire
When Sarah Borges performs in roots-music hot spots like Nashville and Austin, they don’t ask about her country credentials or her alt-rock background.
By BRETT MILANO | January 14, 2008

Cooking with Joe

Aerosmith’s lead guitarist has grill, will travel
Some rock stars travel with personal chefs. Joe Perry brings a grill — a Weber.
By MATT ASHARE | September 04, 2007

Fabulous fakes

Charmed by the Traveling Wilburys
If “The Basement Tapes” had been conceived for the Top 40, it might have sounded much like the Traveling Wilburys.
By CHARLES TAYLOR | August 10, 2007

Other music meccas

By TED DROZDOWSKI | June 29, 2007

Power-surge pop

Peter Bjorn and John, Paradise Rock Club, May 4, 2007
I was expecting a restrained, polite set from the super-hyped Swedish band Peter Bjorn and John.
By WILL SPITZ | May 07, 2007

Dead, or immortal?

Nas’s album title challenges a generation
When Chuck D challenges the status quo, a bunch of fortysomethings nod their heads, but Nas can put the young rappers on the defensive.
By MATTHEW GASTEIER | January 24, 2007

Nashville underground

There’s more to the Music City than Alan Jackson and Toby Keith
Solomon Burke’s no stranger to Nashville. Music city dos: Where to go in Nashville. By Ted Drozdowski
By TED DROZDOWSKI | January 24, 2007

Chamber music revival

Portland should rock out with its Bach out
Classical and rock ‘n roll music suffer the same identity crisis.
By BEN MEIKLEJOHN | January 03, 2007

Motley crews

A short history of Boston rock
The history of Boston rock and roll begins with these immortal words: “Ding! Dong! Ding ding dong! Ka-ding dong, ding dong ding!”
By BRETT MILANO | November 15, 2006

Nevermind the Bollocks

The Sex Pistols arrive
This article originally appeared in the January 17, 1978 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By KIT RACHLIS | November 14, 2006

Men of mettle

Another smackdown from Motörhead
Like three trolls in a speedboat, the men of Motörhead have hitched their age-old warty grievance against humanity to a roaring musical accelerant, and yet again they are writing heavy-metal history.
By JAMES PARKER | October 03, 2006

Flashbacks: August 11, 2006

The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966.
These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Doug Fleischer, Sam MacLaughlin, and Hannah Van Susteren.
By EDITORIAL | August 08, 2006

Peter Gammons

Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old | Rounder
What, you thought this would be just another dilettante vanity project, an excuse for the unofficial commish to clown around in the studio with some of his favorite Red Sox and bash out a few classic-rock chestnuts? Peter Gammons, "She Fell From Heaven" (mp3 )
By MIKE MILIARD | July 27, 2006