Okee dokee folks… One of the best protesters for social justice was Pete Seeger. He spent a good deal of his life fighting and singing out for causes. He was a victim of unjust US policies himself. The last time I talked to Pete he was holding a handful of socially conscious-themed bumper stickers. That […]
Josh Hurst turned a passion project into something that many online users have come to look forward to. Hurst is an avid connoisseur of all things hardcore, punk and metal. His house in Pawtucket could fit right in at The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas, featuring some of the original Slapshot varsity jackets (as […]
Fists were thrown, tears were shed and blood was splattered on audience members as they watched the battle unfold. One guitarist used his prized fender to rain blows on the rival band while his drummer beat down on – not his drum set, but another musician. With battle in the name, we were worried this […]
The intersection of Power and Hope will forever conjure thoughts of artist The Mad Peck for Providence residents familiar with his iconic poster. His other alias, Dr. Oldie, was known for hosting The Original Rhode Island Record Collectors Flea Market and Swap Meet. But to many, he was simply known and loved as John Peck. […]
When I wrote about Rhode Island’s first harm reduction center for Motif a few months back, I understood that it was a monumental moment for social services amidst the looming return of Trump to the White House. Only time will tell how this experiment goes, but I want to circle back and revisit this story, […]
As I strolled down a thriving and sundrenched Wickenden Street this past weekend and made my way toward Coffee Exchange to meet Vladimir Jean, the curator of PVD’s Afroverse and a nominee for the 2025 RI Spoken Awards, I stumbled upon our subject standing outside the coffee shop snapping impromptu photos of the blissful spring […]
Mother How do I explain what cannot be? I let the water soften me. Afloat, balancing beneath the salt you gave the first time I could block out sound. Sit up, then sink again. My knees become islands in my gray water. Whose life is this? See, now I bathe in my own milk. • […]
Fernando Pessoa, early 20th-century Portuguese poet, is famous for the creation of his three literary personas, or heteronyms. Pessoa wrote under these heteronyms to not only distance the act of writing poetry, but as a tool of identity and perception; that poetry, as is any art form, creates another self divisible by its creator, and […]
AMERICANA FAVORITE AMERICANA ACT Consuelo’s Revenge FAVORITE WORLD MUSIC Sidy Maiga FAVORITE LATINE Maria Rose FAVORITE R&B ACT Steve Smith and the Nakeds FAVORITE SMALL-MED VENUE Myrtle FAVORITE LIVE AMERICANA ACT Tie: Beth Barron String Band Consuelo’s Revenge FAVORITE COUNTRY ACT Jake Hunsinger and the Rock Bottom Band (Legend) FAVORITE OPEN MIC The Parlour FAVORITE […]
Cave In emerged from the Merrimack Valley north of Boston in the mid-1990s to become a prominent presence in New England’s D.I.Y. music scene, their blistering and emotive hardcore-inspired approach to metal finding a natural home at local shows in warehouses, basements, and community centers. They quickly went on to become a juggernaut on stages […]