She’ll cast a song on you: Conversation with local musician Olivia Dolphin
Olivia Dolphin and I met on a Tuesday afternoon, just after I had finished listening to her 2024 album Better. With some favorite songs like “I Don’t Think about You […]
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The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
From Quarterback to Singer-songwriter: Nick Politelli comes home
Whether it was portraying a young Ebeneezer Scrooge in a 6th grade play, being a high school quarterback with quite a playoff story to tell, playing college baseball when what […]
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… In 1994 I produced the first Hear In Rhode Island music festival. Though I had worked other fests before, this was my first time producing one on […]
Stride grease: Sunday at the 71st annual Newport Jazz Festival
In the corner of the media tent, a thin man sits between two reporters. He holds a mic in his hand and speaks into it with ardent gestures. “Jazz is […]
Battle of The Bands Recap: Round one
What’s better: being caught in a spontaneous thunderstorm or listening to some up-and-coming home-grown, RI music? Whether you happened to be in the area for a drink or came to […]
Motown Royalty The Temptations Still Thrilling Audiences and Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of ‘My Girl’: An exclusive interview with the group’s founder Otis Williams
In the public’s eye, no one epitomizes the Motown Sound and legacy more than the legendary The Temptations. Just the mere mention of the group evokes class, peerless talent, unequaled […]
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… AS220 is celebrating 40 years, and 40 years ago I played my first real gig at AS220 in Providence. Up until then, I had only performed in […]
Stop, Rock, and Roll
Here we are again: a new edition of Stop, Rock n’ Roll! As summer winds down, here are five local cuts that are sure to keep the heat going. Impulse […]
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Khumariyaan!
Don’t miss this FREE FirstWorks Summer Beats concert at the Roger Williams Park Boathouse Lawn, 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, 02907 July 25, 6:00 pm 2025 (Rain date: Same date inside the […]
Seeing Graham Nash: A review
Okee dokee folks… Legendary musician, Graham Nash, of Hollies and CSN/CSNY fame performed a memorable, sold out concert last Friday night at Plymouth Memorial Hall in Plymouth, MA.Nash hobbled to […]