Ed Sweeney & Friends Passing Through
Years ago I met Ed Sweeney at a Rhode Island Songwriters Association event. He handed me his CD, Inside Fezziwigs’. Many years later, that CD has become a holiday favorite. And […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
FEB 2015 MONSTER OF THE MONTH
by Erminio Pinque/Big Nazo
Album Of The Week: Two Gallants’ We Are Undone
San Francisco might be getting a lot of attention in the independent music world for its burgeoning psychedelic and garage rock adorned music scene these days, but Two Gallants is […]
Phillipe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World
Aftermath Well, Juno (the blizzard) didn’t turn out to be ’78 redux, but it did shake everyone up, and it seems a lot of those responsible for dealing with the storm did their […]
SF Seeks SM; Must Not Be Supernatural
If a crowded, beer-sodden pub is the last place you’d go to find Mr. or Mrs. Right, the arrival of online dating must have been a godsend. In a perfect […]
Got Beer? A Beer Impossible to Live Without
If you don’t know who H.P. Lovecraft was, you’re probably not a fan of either science fiction or horror. In the 1920s and ’30s, Howard Philips Lovecraft was a Providence […]
Roots Report: Bitter Fingers
Okee dokee folks …”It’s hard to write a song with bitter fingers.” That line comes from the Elton John/Bernie Taupin song from the Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy album, […]
The Hummel Report: Holding On for Dear Life
Fifteen hundred times a day on average, 911 operators ask callers if they have an emergency and whether they need police, fire or medical help. More than half a million […]
Alt-Nation: Shows for a Cause
Music for Paws Benefit Show Music for Paws is a collaboration between Tracy Garrity from the band VulGarrity, Davey Moore and Mark Charron from the band Satellites Fall and Midday […]
Locale Profiles: Step Back in Time to Ogie’s
At Ogie’s Trailer Park, the West Side’s newest bar / restaurant, you can relive the zoot suit glory days of the ’50s. First impression: I was pretty floored by the […]