The Gift of Pedals
Guitarists love their gadgets. A quick look at most pedalboards will show the time that they put into fine-tuning their sound to get the coveted perfect tone. As a drummer […]
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The Court: Art in Play
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Subterranean Jungle
Consuelo’s Revenge – Bread & Circuses A lot has gone down in the 10 years since the last Consuelo’s Revenge album, Mercy, to say the least. The world didn’t end […]
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… This issue is the Motif Gift Guide. If you have read this column for any of the past twenty years, you surely know that I don’t do […]
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… So, I am EXTREMELY angry. This disastrous regime has been assaulting immigrants as well as US citizens and making some disappear. That in itself is disgusting and […]
The Rocky Horror Show Review
From October 10 – 26, Westerly’s Granite Theatre was host to The Rocky Horror Show, written by Richard O’Brien and directed by Patrick Barry. Advertised as a “deliberately kitschy rock […]
Rich Lupo: 50 years of RI music
In the living room of his childhood home, a young Rich Lupo would sit as if under a spell, transistor radio pressed to his ear while the television played in […]
Retrosight is 20/20: Looking back at Guess Method’s standout EP
As a writer, I’m not so sure about that old adage, “Never judge a book by its cover.” I mean, just look at all the modern romance novels being released […]
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… Parking. That is what is on my mind today. In my opinion, if a venue – or any business for that matter – does not take easy […]
Belly At The Greenwich Odeum
By David Deschenes Hometown alt rock heroes Belly kicked off their Celebrating King at 30 Tour that will take them to the UK starting September 23rd (most already sold out) […]
The Rhode Island Artist Community Helps Two Local Youth Organizations Raise Their Voices!
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in August, Nick-a-Nees hosted the parking lot show dubbed, “Raise A Voice!” This community fundraiser for Youth Pride, Inc. (YPI), and New Urban Arts (NUA), […]