WU-TANG Forever: A short retrospective
When Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album Enter the 36 Chambers was released in 1993, I was thirteen years old. I remember it vividly because Theodora, my longtime friend/ crush, had gifted […]
Events:
Steve Smith and the Nakeds
These guy put on a hell of a show, and they’re not clothed. Kidding!
May 24 @ 9:30 pm - May 25 @ 12:30 amViolin River
Grateful Dead tribute.
May 25 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pmSaddle Up the Chicken
The feathery music of Bob Dylan.
May 25 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pmWill Evans
Kind folk music.
May 25 @ 9:00 pm - 11:30 pmTab Benoit
Roots veteran performs from his new I Hear Thunder album.
May 26 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmDancecapades
Presented by Krylo Dance Studios.
May 29 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmJoan Osborne
Dylanology live. A tribute by, yes… Zimmerman!
May 29 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmJake Wasson
Folk-punk.
May 30 @ 9:00 pm - May 31 @ 12:00 amMarcia Ball
Blues music artist.
May 31 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmMatt Borrello Band
Country music with a band
May 31 @ 9:30 pm - June 1 @ 12:00 am
Events:
Steve Smith and the Nakeds
These guy put on a hell of a show, and they’re not clothed. Kidding!
May 24 @ 9:30 pm - May 25 @ 12:30 amViolin River
Grateful Dead tribute.
May 25 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pmSaddle Up the Chicken
The feathery music of Bob Dylan.
May 25 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pmWill Evans
Kind folk music.
May 25 @ 9:00 pm - 11:30 pmTab Benoit
Roots veteran performs from his new I Hear Thunder album.
May 26 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmAuction for the Arts
A Stadium Theatre Fundraiser. 22nd annual online silent “Auction for the Arts.”
May 29 @ 9:00 am - June 14 @ 5:00 pmDancecapades
Presented by Krylo Dance Studios.
May 29 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmJoan Osborne
Dylanology live. A tribute by, yes… Zimmerman!
May 29 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmTheresa Caputo Live, The Experience
Through personal stories about her life, and explaining her gift to communicate with those who have passed on, the television personality and best-selling author delivers healing messages to her audience
May 29 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmJake Wasson
Folk-punk.
May 30 @ 9:00 pm - May 31 @ 12:00 amMarcia Ball
Blues music artist.
May 31 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmMatt Borrello Band
Country music with a band
May 31 @ 9:30 pm - June 1 @ 12:00 am
The Changing Light of Mirah: Singer-songwriter reinforces hope at a house show in Providence
Mirah’s second full-length, Advisory Committee (K Records, 2002), came out during the spring of my freshman year at Boston University. While the album’s title perhaps suggested some homage to academia, […]
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… I had the pleasure of performing at the Rhode Island Songwriters Association (RISA) Songwriters In The Round (SITR) show a couple of weeks ago. Our theme was […]
Drummers Move to the Forefront: Fundraiser features unbeatable line-up of local drummers
Give the Drummer Some is a unique event presented by Tune In & Tune Up (T-2), an organization that offers medical and mental health assistance to individuals in the RI […]
Deadhead Paradise: A night with the Dark Star Orchestra
Imagine that you’re walking around the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on a Wednesday night… everyone you see is wearing tie-dye shirts of some kind, sporting huge smiles on their […]
Stop, Rock & Roll
Margeaux Lynn – “McCorrie Beach” Margeaux Lynn’s sophomore single is a breezy affair that harkens to the indie rock of the early 2010s, while also drawing from something even further […]
Breaking down the Mood Machine: Liz Pelly riffs on music in the age of Spotify at Providence’s Lost Bag
In “Big Mood Machine,” her 2018 essay for The Baffler, journalist Liz Pelly honed in on the role of digital music as part of “a burgeoning industry surrounding technology that […]
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… It’s that time of year once again when the robins return and the buds start appearing on the trees. It’s also when the spectacle of Shen Yun […]
Rhode Island Music Awards: Winners and re-cap
Outside the walls of Fête Music Hall in Pawtucket, it was a rainy, brutal, Monday night. Yet, nice and safe within its doors, over 400 artists and music enthusiasts meandered […]
Roots Report
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 […]