The Roots Report: Is This Thing On?
Okee dokee folks… Maybe you made a New Year’s resolution to finally get out and perform in public. If so, open mics are a great stepping stone to get into […]
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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
Is This Jazz? My Funny Valentine
Many jazz standards have faded from popular memory and been usurped by newer charts, but a select few continue to be played throughout the years, never losing their luster […]
Down With Love: A Cabaret
Down With Love: A Cabaret will be presented on February 16 at the Common Fence Point Hall in Portsmouth. Jeff Blanchette and Rachel Hanauer will be performing jazz standards, musical […]
Album of the Week: Ty Segall – Freedom’s Goblin
If you have been reading this review column for the past couple of years, there’s one thing that you should realize by now. At least once a year I’m going […]
Z-Boys’ Residency, Newport Blues Café, Starts Feb 1
The Z-Boys are a power trio that set themselves apart. This act from Newport brings an amplified style of surf rock that shreds into the infinite abyss. Guitarist and vocalist […]
Jazz Insights: Rick Wells
Portsmouth’s Rick Wells is truly one of New England’s top jazz drummers. Rick separates himself from other drummers, smartly choosing to be more of an accompanist, rather than a showman soloist. […]
Album of the Week: Matthew Stubbs and the Antiguas
Over the past couple of months, there’s been a band from Boston that has nearly everyone affiliated with the city’s music scene talking about them. They’re known as Matthew Stubbs […]
Album of the Week: The Prefab Messiahs – Psychsploitation Today
Worcester, MA, psych-rock act The Prefab Messiahs were a bit ahead of their time when they started out during the early ‘80s. They were doing a weird take on hypnotic […]
Be Prepared for Nobody’s Boyscout
Nobody’s Boyscout is a true case of musical serendipity. They are proof-positive that the incestuous Providence music scene provides consistent opportunities for musicians to experiment and collaborate with like-minded (as […]
The Messthetics at Machines with Magnets, Jan 11
Some of the best music comes from ideas that are inventive. These ideas push boundaries and inspire new sounds that spark creativity. These days, who knows this better than drummer […]