Alt-Nation: Malyssa & The Liberators Release a New EP
Malyssa & The Liberators – Self-Titled EP Malyssa BellaRosa wasn’t interested in wasting light after resigning from lead vocals duties in Fall & Bounce. In just two months, BellaRosa formed […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Alt-Nation: Revving Up for the Weekend!
Vudu Sister – Household Items (Columbus Recording Company) Last year Vudu Sister’s debut, Bastard Children, garnered considerable praise as a mostly folk/ Americana release. I remember seeing them at one […]
CD Review: Eric Barao
If you travel in certain circles of bitter musicians who nightly lose a piece of their soul toiling at dives and bars for what often amounts to little more than […]
Got Beer?
Go Big Brew or Go Home Ah, the magical sweet smell of hot water mixing with malted barley. The spicy scent of hops stinging the nostrils and enticing the […]
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… I played a gig down in Charm City last week. That is Baltimore for all you not in the know. Don’t worry; I wasn’t in the know […]
2013 Motif Music Award Winners
By Marc Clarkin and John Fuzek Check out photos from the event here Best Rock Band 2013 Atlantic Thrills Atlantic Thrills sweep of the Best Rock and Best Punk categories […]
The New Kid on the Food Block
What happens when four friends get together and hatch a plan to bring more local organic food to the Providence area? You get the Alternative Farmers Market, Rhode Island’s newest […]
Mike D’s Top Five: The Can’t Miss Shows of May
#1 Thursday, May 2: Tallahassee (CD release show) with Smith & Weeden and Coyote Kolb. $10. 8pm. All ages. The Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway, Providence. Boston’s (by way of Providence) […]
Get Your Laughs at the Joke Store
One form of entertainment that often slips the mind of Rhode Islanders is hitting up the local comedy club. According to John Souza aka Johnie Armani, owner and operator of […]
Alt-Nation: Interview with Sara Azriel
In this week’s Tuesday edition, I reviewed the entrancing new EP from Sara Azriel. After enduring a decade of not having a user-friendly Motif website, I may be glutton […]