If you’re as chronically online as I am, you might have caught wind of the way people from in and out of state romanticize a Rhode Island summer and share the nostalgia of having fallen in love here. Perhaps there’s something about the salty air breezing in from the bay on quiet beaches or the […]
Yakim Parker, who moved to RI from New York in 2000, describes his work as going “Beyond Eons”. These two words are appropriate in describing Parker’s seemingly infinite passion for creation, which makes it just as appropriate that “Beyond Eons” be the name of Parker’s production company. Parker has had a strong love for music […]
While gathering profiles of local Black artists, We had far more suggestions from our guest editor and advisors than we could ever hope to cover. Kelly Marino interviewed three RI makers who are making waves around the Ocean State. Stanley Bois Stanley Bois is a Rhode Island–based filmmaker, writer, and editor whose work explores identity, […]
Music: A universal language used to express the world’s most beautiful feelings that otherwise wouldn’t be understood. A form of art that most, if not, all of mankind is a part of. For me, music is just another language of love; love for culture, love for Earth, and love for others. As a young black […]
Providence, Rhode Island – One thing about a Goose concert: you are gonna feel the funk. The Connecticut‑based jam-rock band has spent the past decade turning its annual Goosemas show into a full‑blown holiday ritual – part concert, part community reunion, part beautifully weird tradition – that has long outgrown its scrappy backyard roots. “We […]
You know how when you talk to people about something or someone they love they suddenly sit up straighter, remember things they thought they’d forgotten, and share their experiences with a sparkle in their eyes? There’s so much expressed joy that you can’t help but smile as you listen! That’s what happened when I talked […]
“We’re not corporate. We’re heart and soul” – DC 2025 was another successful year for Tune In & Tune Up (TITU), a 501c3 non-profit that brings mental and physical health awareness, resources, and support to individuals in the local music industry. In their first full year as a non-profit organization, they focused on building a […]
Happy New Year! It’s a new edition of Stop, Rock n Roll featuring five great local tunes! The Hopeless Romantics – “Why Won’t She Pick Up the Phone?” The Hopeless Romantics have released the first single from their upcoming debut album. A reworking of one of their fan-favorites (certainly a risky move, let alone as […]
As a young, stubborn, shy adolescent, it was hard for me to break out of my shell. I needed a little push to get out of my comfort zone. I remember my mother always cleaning and cooking with music on. Elvis singing “You ain’t nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time,” or Little […]
On a chilly December morning, Robert recounts to me the time he played his mother’s favorite song, Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” through his hi-fi system. After the cumbersome time spent lugging the equipment and then managing to make it all fit in a compact space like a living room, he recalls how within the first […]