John Mellencamp at PPAC

Okee dokee folks… On June 11, the Providence Performing Arts Center hosted a stop of the John Mellencamp Live and In Person 2023 tour. I first saw John COUGAR about […]

Music

Crowded House: Concert Review

Okee dokee folks…Last night, May 30, the majestic Boch/Wang Center welcomed the Finn fellas from New Zealand, Crowded House, for the final night of their US tour. Anticipation filled the […]

Music

Roots Report: Summer Shows (and standing at shows)

Okee dokee folks… I was just online and a friend of mine posted photos from a concert he is at. He commented that people had been on their feet the […]

Music

Roots Report: Righteous Brothers Preview and Graham Nash Review

Okee dokee folks… We at Motif are going to start printing two issues per month again and I am excited! So much so, I cannot wait, so I am going […]

Music

Roots Report: Concert Costs

Okee dokee folks… Lately, I have been thinking a lot about concerts. I was VERY fortunate to have grown up in the ’60s and ’70s when the price of tickets […]

Music

Six at PPAC: A musical to lose your head over

Okee dokee folks… Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. That lists the fates of each of King Henry VIII’s wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, […]

Events

RI Music Awards Winners

Profiles by Bobby Forand, John Fuzek, Marc Clarkin, Bradly VanDerStad, Meg Coss, Tess Lyons, Lee Adrain & Mike Ryan. AMERICANA Favorite Americana Act I don’t entirely regard The Silks as […]

Music

Roots Report

Okee dokee folks…Well, spring is officially here. This doesn’t mean that winter is finished with us. A friend already pulled up his snow stakes which all but guarantees another storm! […]

Theater

Hadestown Brings the Heat: Limited-run Broadway hit visits PVD

Okee dokee folks… Tonight (Tuesday, March 21), I was at the much anticipated opening night of the musical Hadestown at the Providence Performing Arts Center. This is a show that […]

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