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Going down the road

John Paul brings Belmont Boulevard back to Maine
When John Paul comes to Slainte in a couple weeks, he'll be returning to the Portland scene where he got his start in the biz,
By SAM PFEIFLE | April 01, 2009

Higher ground

The Refugees are strangers in a strange land
Cindy Bullens, who has done a lot of things in the music business, recently wondered: "What? You have to get old to have success?"
By SAM PFEIFLE | January 14, 2009

Flashbacks

For the week of January 13
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 Ian Sands.
By | October 27, 2008

Backwoods Barbie

Dolly Parton rolls out the big guns
Dolly Parton should run for president.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | April 30, 2008

Boxed and ready

The cream of the season’s CD/DVD crop
The cream of the season’s CD/DVD crop
By PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 14, 2007

Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection

Shout!
What pioneering American indie label issued records by both the Beatles and John Lee Hooker?
By TED DROZDOWSKI | October 30, 2007

Prime time

Heeere’s . . . Johnny Cash!
To many political conservatives during Vietnam, championing the music of Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, and Joni Mitchell was the equivalent of French-kissing Chairman Mao.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | October 23, 2007

The Subdudes

Street Symphony | High Street
It wouldn’t be a Subdudes album without a couple of accordion-led tunes or a soul ballad.
By BRETT MILANO | September 12, 2007

Amrheins Restaurant

Change is (mostly) a good thing
Back in the days of South African apartheid, there was a period when popular music stars were lured to play at Sun City, a stadium in a bantustan that was pretending not to be part of apartheid.
By ROBERT NADEAU | July 19, 2006