Steve Earle Heads to Rhythm & Roots
Okee dokee folks… I had the chance to speak with one of the headliners of this year’s Rhythm and Roots Festival, Steve Earle. Here is our conversation. Read on… John Fuzek: Hello, Steve? Steve Earle: Hello… JF: Where are you calling from? SE: I’m outside of Detroit. JF: Are you playing a show tonight? SE: Yes, […]
Touching “Randy’s Canvas” to Premiere in September
September 18 will see the release of a touching Rhode Island film, Randy’s Canvas. Adam Carbone stars as a young man with autism, facing new dynamics in his personal life. Carbone relayed the genus of the idea and the film’s arduous road to production. With a cast of more than 50, the film allows audiences to peer […]
Top 5 Fun Things To Do: August 29 – September 4
WED 29 PechaKucha: This grown-up, speed-trial version of show and tell gives each presenter precisely 20 slides, up for 20 seconds each, to tell their story. 7:20pm. This month (#112) the theme is “Foreign” and the location is the Guild, 461 Main St, Pawtucket. fb.com/events/2183097271729933 Jamie Craighead Trio/ The King’s Buskateers/ Malyssa BellaRosa: Folk. 9pm. […]
NEON RetroFest Is Back in Time
If you’re longing for the days of big hair and shoulder pads, A-ha’s “Take On Me” and Wham’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” then head to NEON RetroFest (neonri.com), a celebration of 1980s culture, August 24 – 26 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Providence-Warwick. In the immortal words of the Huey Lewis and the News, “So take me […]
Book Review: Ann Hood’s She Loves You Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Last month, on a quiet Monday night, I read two New York Times articles back-to-back. Though penned by different writers, they both had the same protagonist. Both of them made me cry. The first was out of delight – and, I’ll admit, because I’m a softie. The story was that of Ann Hood and Michael […]
An Interview with Journalist Tim White
Tim White is one of the preeminent journalists working in Southern New England today, serving as an investigative reporter and host for WPRI in Providence. In a recent, wide-ranging taping of The Bartholomewtown Podcast, Tim and I discussed changes in the media landscape, his book The Last Good Heist and subsequent appearance as a feature […]
Jazz Insights: Joe C Esposito
One the premier reed players in New England represents Rhode Island. Joe C. Esposito was born in Westerly, grew-up in Warwick and now lives in Cranston. His smooth tenor saxophone style shows off his education — he’s a graduate of Boston’s Berklee College. Joe is a proud freelance reedman, who also provides private lessons in several […]
Is This Jazz?: Newport Jazz Fest ’18 Review
Although we may be weeks past this year’s Newport Jazz Festival, there is still plenty to reflect on. This year had an amazing variety of music and an explosion of new and returning talent, and featured some of the best performances that I have seen at Newport in my many years of attending. Since there was […]