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Photos: Newport Folk Festival 2010, Part Two

Andrew Bird, the Swell Season, Richie Havens, What Cheer? Brigade and more, live from Newport, July 30 - August 1, 2010
Andrew Bird, the Swell Season, Richie Havens, What Cheer? Brigade and more, live from Newport, July 30 - August 1, 2010
By RICHARD MCCAFFREY | August 06, 2010

Lullabyes to paralyze

Off the Couch
Allysen Callery & Friends visit AS220
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | May 20, 2010

Deer Tick

Music Seen
At SPACE Gallery, April 4
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | April 08, 2010

Bio beware

Elvis Perkins clears up his cloudy ballads
Elvis Perkins has got a backstory on him.
By REYAN ALI | November 24, 2009

Work the weekend

Off the Couch
Potent triple dip at the Common Pub
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | November 23, 2009

Sugar-coated pop, anyone?

Jonas Dream's merry melodies
With lines such as "chock-full of sunny melodies and intimate, introspective lyrics with bright, polished production," I clearly didn't stumble onto the next Jesus Lizard here.
By CHRIS CONTI | April 28, 2009

Rude awakening

The rousing sounds of Coma Coma
Coma Coma singer/bassist Eric Sampson brushes off the notion that Rhode Island's music community currently lacks quality acts.
By CHRIS CONTI | April 22, 2009

Giant step

The Low Anthem sign with Nonesuch Records
Indie-folk trio the Low Anthem — Jeff Prystowsky, Ben Knox Miller, and Jocie Adams — have signed with Nonesuch Records, which will re-release their highly-acclaimed disc, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, on June 9.
By CHRIS CONTI | April 15, 2009

Elvis Perkins | Elvis Perkins in Dearland

XL (2009)
Elvis Perkins is the third Elvis on my iPod, and he's also the least controversial of the lot: he doesn't shake his pelvis or appropriate the unsung musical styles of others, and he certainly hasn't engaged in an epithet-laced bar fight at a Holiday Inn.
By ZETH LUNDY | March 03, 2009

Interview: The Low Anthem

Riding high
The Low Anthem return home — for just a little while
By CHRIS CONTI | February 04, 2009

Hotter than ever

A rich lineup at the Hot Club Waterfront Festival
The Hot Club Waterfront Festival returns this weekend with a lineup as diverse as the melting pot of 21-plus partygoers who will fill South Water Street throughout the weekend.
By CHRIS CONTI | September 03, 2008

Persistence of memory

Elvis Perkins finds the balance between elegy and celebration
Though you don’t need to know anything about Elvis Perkins’s colorful and, at times, deeply tragic family history to appreciate his debut album, significant details can’t help but call out to you.
By ANDREA FELDMAN | November 27, 2007