The WhistleStop Rock Festival is a rolling rock ‘n’ roll circus that is scheduled to hit six different New England cities (over seven nights) this winter and spring with more dates to be announced. The tour features all New England acts and will have eight to 10 acts performing per date. The festival kicks off […]
What better way to kick off the new year than discussing Anthony Savino’s thoughtful, ambitious release Good Job, which tackles weighty topics like wealth, work and love — ideas that might have made an appearance in your resolutions for 2020. For a decade, Savino fronted the New Bedford-based punk band Half Hearted Hero, which now […]
Lilyan (“Lill”) Lipson was one of the last silent movie pianists in Rhode Island. Lill was one of eight children and grew up on the East Side of Providence. She and her two sisters learned piano on the old beaten upright spinet that took up space in the family second floor. Her skills elevated her […]
Bochek is a PVD-based jazz-rock band that has been working its way up the scene — this year, they received the number one title from Battle of the Bands, hosted by Rhode Island College’s Student Radio, 90.7 WXIN FM. The band consists of four members: Nevin, John, Noah and Dante; past member and founder of […]
Three words: Ernie Boch Junior. Did you just sing them in your mind? If so, you’re definitely not alone. Although the Providence-born businessman sold most of his family’s third-generational car dealerships a few years ago, we can still quickly recall their radio commercials — and for good reasons. They proliferated local airwaves for quite a […]
Nobel laureate, 78-year-old Minnesotan Bob Dylan, graced the stage at the Providence Performing Arts Center on November 20. The theater was packed to the gills as Dylan delivered quite possibly his best performance in decades. There was no hat, no mumbling and no bullshit. The show began with pre-recorded, instrumental Vaudevillian jaunt (the standard fare […]
On December 7, 1949, a New York Times column characterized the struggles of those in need: “The children who do not laugh; the youths whose lives are twisted; the men and women struck down by accident or disease or sudden poverty; the aged who know no peace… They are in every city and in every […]
You may not know that one of the era’s premier industrial noise rock bands has its origins right here in PVD. Daughters formed in 2002 in the wake of grindcore band As the Sun Sets, becoming known for their unhinged live performances and aggressive touring schedule. After some band infighting, their well-received album Daughters was released […]
“And I am going to try to love / And I am going to rise above” For four decades, Daniel Johnston crafted raw, lo-fi, searingly honest music that simultaneously achieved wide popularity and remained below the radar. His songs set scenes on “My So-Called Life,” “The OC,” “Scrubs,” “Friday Night Lights” and Girls, and the […]
Lucy’s Hearth opened as a small overnight shelter in Middletown in 1984. They grew with the needs of the community, expanding and becoming a 24-hour shelter, affiliated with Family Service of Rhode Island and accredited by the Council on Accreditation. They are now in a 9,300 square foot facility to better support families in need. […]