It was Super Bowl Sunday, but the cool kids were hanging out at the Providence Public Library. Sunday, February 4, marked the 23rd Annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry reading. All the way up on the third floor of the downtown library, there is a gorgeous auditorium that is especially toasty warm on a rainy, winter […]
The point (pun intended) of Motif’s tattoo contest isn’t so much to pick winners – it’s to find an entertaining way to celebrate all the great tattooing that’s happening around the arts mecca of Rhode Island. Over 700 locals took time to ogle all the amazing artwork that was submitted, and here are the artists […]
Ever wonder what Shakespeare and karaoke would look like? How about hip-hop and Shakespeare? It is that spirit of collaboration that producer Corinne Wahlberg and Milo MacPhail had in mind last fall when they began collaborating on a festival. The result? Too Much of a Good Thing: A Shakespeare Shorts Festival. The phrase, borrowed from […]
Let’s talk about “new music.” The term sounds generic enough to describe any number of musical projects of differing styles, genres, instrumentations and interpretations. Within the broad field of classical music, however, the term “new music” has a more definitive meaning. It generally refers to composed music written after 1950. In larger cities like […]
Australia has always had interesting music coming out of it. The country/continent has a very strong garage rock scene along with peculiar pop artists and they still worship ‘90s post-grunge act Silverchair like they’re The Beatles. With all of this going on, a new act is rising up from down under and it’s Alice Ivy. […]
Peabody, MA, singer-songwriter Ryan Montbleau has a knack for leaving a lasting impression through melody. The way his lyrics bounce off the chords and strums is astounding and guarantees a wonderful listening experience. His stellar talent has catapulted him to the upper echelon of New England musical acts, and it looks like he’ll be staying […]
During this era of music, it’s easy to disregard innovation. Some people think that every possible style has already been conceived so there’s no chance of discovering something new. Through the nonsense, a band comes along to push the envelope while making sounds that leave the ears in awe. Philadelphia math pop quartet Palm is […]
If history books are anything to go by, movements are defined by the people who lead them. But no movement could move anywhere without its foot soldiers, who fuel the fire. The journey to the mountaintop begins first on the front porch, where communities gather for conversation and pea shelling. It is from their front […]
I’ve been both anticipating and dreading the arrival of this book. I was a huge fan of the first two books in The Merrow Trilogy (Waking the Merrow and Hunting the Merrow), and couldn’t wait to read how the story was going to end. On the flipside, I was coming to grips with the fact that […]