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WEEKEND
ALL ROADS LEAD TO MEMPHIS FOR ELVIS ANNIVERSARY
Published on 08/15/1980. Article 1 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ernie Santosuosso Globe Staff
Although he died three years ago tomorrow, Elvis Presley in death
continues to provide substantial income to hundreds of merchants doing
business in Memphis. The third anniversary of Elvis' death, to be observed
tomorrow, not only is expected to turn loose the largest influx of fans of the
week to his gravesite at Graceland Manor, where the rock 'n' roll king
resided, but should also trigger the busiest day for Presley memorabilia
shops.
The eight-record collection, "Elvis Aron Presley,"
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THE RED SOX SEASON-TICKET HOLDERS HAVE THEIR SAY...FOR SOME, THE WORDS
ARE, NO, THANKS, CANCEL MINE'
Published on 03/22/1981. Article 2 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Neil Singelais Globe Staff
Seldom in the 80-year history of Red Sox ownerships has the club's image
been as badly tarnished as it is now.
Little in this town has upset the baseball masses more than the loss in
recent years of such established players as Bob Watson, Luis Tiant, Fred Lynn,
Rick Burleson and Carlton Fisk through trades and free agency.
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NIGHTLIFE
Published on 04/30/1981. Article 3 of 228 found.
SOURCE: Steve Morse
NEWMARKET, N.H. - Funny how you can get irresistably drawn to a place.
Friends have told me for a long time about the Stone Church - saying what an
oasis it is - and they weren't joshing. A recent trek up in the rain, to this
rather mystical nightspot an hour north of Boston, confirmed all expectations.
With its stone walls, wood floors, wood stove and circular overhead
lanterns, the club feels like a timeless Sturbridge Village meetinghouse. It
doesn't look like much from the outside, b
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GRACE NOTES
RAINED OUT - AND RESCHEDULED
Published on 06/21/1982. Article 4 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin Globe Staff
One of the casualties of the spring rains over Memorial Day weekend was
the Cambridge River Festival's Gospel Tent; unlike the other events, it could
not be postponed from Saturday to Sunday, since all the participants had
church commitments.
But the Gospel Tent, annually one of the most popular at the festival, has
been rescheduled for next Saturday, 1-8 p.m., at Riverside Press Park, at the
corner of Memorial drive and Western avenue in Cambridge. A dozen fine gospel
groups are schedul
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GRACE NOTES
AN UP-AND-COMING VOCALIST JOINS THE FOLK SCENE
Published on 06/28/1982. Article 5 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin Globe Staff
Last week, for three nights running, The Idler in Harvard Square was sold
out, two shows a night, for Tom Paxton and Bill Morrissey, the former 45 years
old and one of the most brilliant original craftsmen to travel the folk music
circuit over the past 20 years, the latter 30, an up-and-coming writer from
Newmarket, N.H., whose plainspoken and evocative, witty and ironic work has
won a growing following.
The Idler is crowded more often than not these days, and there are nights
the 115-se
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REVIEW MUSIC
VAN RONK'S BRILLIANT BLUES
DAVE VAN RONK - AT THE IDLER IN CAMBRIDGE, THURSDAYDANNY O'KEEFE -
AT THE IDLER, WEDNESDAY
Published on 09/25/1982. Article 6 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin Globe Staff
Dave Van Ronk's voice was a hoarse, conspiratorial whisper as he began to
sing "Gambler's Blues," his distinctive version of "St. James Infirmary,"
before a packed house at the Idler. He wove a lean, sinuous line on his old
Guild acoustic guitar, leaving spaces between notes for the terrible tension
of the song to build. The audience's attention was riveted; when he's at top
of his form, as he was for Thursday's first set, Van Ronk's blues artistry is
a searing experience.
As the classic
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GRACENOTES
THE END OF AN ERA AT THE IDLER IN CAMBRIDGE
Published on 09/27/1982. Article 7 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin Globe Staff
The acoustic music policy at The Idler club in Harvard Square has been
scrapped for economic reasons by a new management team, which is expected to
renovate the intimate basement room on Mt. Auburn street and concentrate on
potentially more lucrative restaurant/bar business, with music not a major
element.
This week's schedule of performances will be the last at the Idler, which
has become, along with Rae Ann Donlin's nearby, long-established Passim
listening room, a focal point of the r
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NIGHTLIFE
THE FOLK MUSIC REVIVAL, WHICH HAS FLOURISHED THIS PAST YEAR, WAS DEALT
A HARSH BLOW WHEN OWNERS OF THE IDLER'S BACK ROOM IN CAMBRIDGE RECENTLY
DROPPED LIVE MUSIC. A NEW CLUB,
HOWEVER, HAS JUST OPENED IN WATERTOWN AND IS TRYING TO PICK UP THE
SLACK.
Published on 10/14/1982. Article 8 of 228 found.
SOURCE: Steve Morse
Mark's Pub had planned to switch to acoustic music even before the Idler
announced its decision, but now there is even greater attention focused upon
the near-100 capacity room at 5 Spring st. in Watertown Square.
Formerly a standup comedy showcase, Mark's bills itself as "The Acoustic
Alternative." Yet according to musical comedian John Vorhaus, who books the
room, Mark's will not be as ambitious as the Idler. He says it will
concentrate on local performers - some of whom played the Idl
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GRACE NOTES
IN THE NAMELESS TRADITION
Published on 02/14/1983. Article 9 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin Globe Staff
The Nameless Coffeehouse in Harvard Square's First Parish Church, the
oldest continuously operating music room of its kind in New England,
celebrates its 16th anniversary this week. The sounds of live acoustic music,
traditional and original, spiritual and irreverent, have filled the church's
wood-panelled Parish Hall every Friday and Saturday night since Feb., 1967.
For all that time, the Nameless has been free of charge and of alcohol,
run by unpaid volunteers, and graced by performers
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GRACE NOTES
HOW THE NONPROFIT GROUPS WILL TACKLE GOLIATH
Published on 03/21/1983. Article 10 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin Globe Staff
Three thousand years ago came the original Philistines, armed to the
teeth, concerned with little but war and material possessions, resolutely
ignorant of art and culture, resolutely proud of their might and plunder.
Goliath was a Philistine.
The only word in their language that has survived is the one for lords -
the "celebrities" of Philistia. But the tribe's name itself has survived - as
an epithet - and in our time, cultural groups must take David's part,
defending themselves from th
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REVIEW MUSIC
FOLKSINGERS OF THE '80S
STAN ROGERS AND BILL MORRISSEY - AT PAINE HALL, HARVARD, SATURDAY.
Published on 05/17/1983. Article 11 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan Special to The Globe
People hooked on rock 'n' roll often consider folk music to be maddeningly
gentle, terminally self-indulgent, and, well, just too precious.
In the early '70s there was more than a kernal of truth to that
conception, but that's not necessarily the case these days. Take Bill
Morrissey, a Boston area singer-guitarist, and Stan Rogers, an Ontario-based
singer-guitarist, who performed to a near-capacity audience at Paine Hall
Saturday night. There are marked contrasts between the two - Morris
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ROAD RUNNING / JOE CONCANNON
KILDUFF GETS MARATHON '84 ROLLING
Published on 07/31/1983. Article 12 of 228 found.
SOURCE: JOE CONCANNON
The 88th Boston Marathon will be contested next April 16. There will be no
prize money, the current qualifying times will be in effect and, in the
interim, the swirls of litigation that engulf the sponsoring Boston Athletic
Assn. and attorney Marshall Medoff continue.
The 11-member BAA board - including new members Paul Mooney of Boston
Garden and the Bruins; Bill Morrissey, executive vice president of the Boston
Five, and Rod MacDonald of Prudential Insurance, who previously served on t
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GRACE NOTES
AT LAST, FAME AND FORTUNE FOR AL JARREAU
Published on 08/01/1983. Article 13 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin Globe Staff
One of the highlights of this year's Concerts on the Common series is
tonight's performance by pop-jazz vocalist Al Jarreau, who has been one of the
most talented and innovative artists on the contemporary music scene for years
but only recently won widespread popular acclaim to go with the critical
praise.
Jarreau, 43, left a career in psychological counseling (he has a master's
degree from Iowa) as long ago as 1968 to devote full-time attention to a music
career. The son of a Milwaukee
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GRACE NOTES
SAMPLING THE FOLK MUSIC SCENE
Published on 09/12/1983. Article 14 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin Globe Staff
September proceeds at a blistering pace across the arts spectrum in the
Boston area. If one's stamina were up to the task, it would quite likely be
possible to sample work by outstanding artists in a different medium every day
of this month, or earn an in-depth knowledge of the state of the art of one
genre. Herewith some highlights from a domain that is growing rapidly in
popularity hereabouts, folk music.
The folk scene is bustling. Bob and Rae Ann Donlin of the Harvard Square
club Pas
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GETTING SCHOOLED IN BOSTON ARTS
POP MUSIC
Published on 09/15/1983. Article 15 of 228 found.
SOURCE: Contributing to this survey were Globe staff members Steve
Morse, Ernie Santosuosso and Jeff McLaughlin and freelance writers
Susan Wilson and Jim Sullivan.
The Peter Calo Group - Known as Bellevista for years, this original jazz-
rock quartet has had several personnel changes, but two things have been true
throughout its history: all the players have been top-notch, and founder Calo,
a guitarist, composer and vocalist, is one of the most brilliant musicians
spawned by the Boston-Cambridge scene in recent years. As a leader, the
Holden, Alberta native has had the strength to meld all his groups into
marvelously cohesive ensemble units, making accessible mus
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3 MASS. BANKS TO OFFER BROKERAGE SERVICE
S&LS NEGOTIATE SERVICE DEAL WITH ISFA CORP. OF TAMPA
Published on 09/26/1983. Article 16 of 228 found.
SOURCE: DESIREE FRENCH
Three Massachusetts savings and loan associations are getting into the
stock brokerage business through INVEST, a service of ISFA Corp., a registered
broker-dealer in Tampa, Fla.
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, Fitchburg Savings Bank and First Essex
Savings Bank in Lawrence are expected to offer the service - which provides
investment advice and buys and sells stocks, bonds and mutual funds for
consumers - by the end of the year, pending approval by the National
Association of Securiti
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WEEKEND
CLUBS TO HOST FOUR NIGHTS OF HALLOWEEN REVELRY
Published on 10/28/1983. Article 17 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse Globe Staff
Halloween revelers have some tough choices in the clubs this weekend. Do
they dress in costume tonight, tomorrow, Sunday or Monday? Because the
official Halloween is Monday - a traditionally slow night in the clubs -
there's a madcap scramble this year to switch parties to the weekend. And some
clubs, threatening overkill, are even hosting multiple nights to exploit the
season.
Going all-out is Jonathan Swift's, which has Halloween festivities for the
next four nights. Max Creek, a Grate
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GRACE NOTES
MCGARRIGLES GOING MODERN
Published on 11/28/1983. Article 18 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin Globe Staff
Modern Productions, the five-year-old company founded by David Archer and
Carolann Biederman, is carving out a secure niche on the Boston arts scene as
a prime producer of concerts by adventurous, groundbreaking artists, and by
more conventional artists whose reputations among fellow musicians, critics,
and serious music fans far exceed their commercial appeal.
Among Modern's presentations in the past two years have been stellar shows
by Ornette Coleman and Prime Time, Philip Glass, Anth
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1983 BEST AND WORST / MUSIC
NEW VITALITY, FACES LIVEN POP PICTURE
BESTTHE POLICE.KING SUNNY ADE & THE AFRICAN BEATS.EMMYLOU HARRIS &
THE HOT BAND.TALKING HEADS.LIONEL RICHIE.WORSTJONI
MITCHELLJOURNEYEURHYTHMICSSAG
ARAIN PARADE
Published on 12/25/1983. Article 19 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse Globe Staff
Pop music was on the rebound in 1983.
After four years of economic doldrums, the scene received an energy
transfusion from stars such as the Police, Michael Jackson and David Bowie.
More first aid came from a solid host of overseas acts (Culture Club, Big
Country, U2), rejuvenated black stars (Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie) and
leading Third World figures Eddy Grant, King Sunny Ade and Peter Tosh.
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1983 BEST AND WORST / MUSIC
NEW VITALITY, FACES LIVEN POP PICTURE
BESTTHE POLICE.KING SUNNY ADE & THE AFRICAN BEATS.EMMYLOU HARRIS &
THE HOT BAND.TALKING HEADS.LIONEL RICHIE.WORSTJONI
MITCHELLJOURNEYEURHYTHMICSSAG
ARAIN PARADE
Published on 12/25/1983. Article 20 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse Globe Staff
Pop music was on the rebound in 1983.
After four years of economic doldrums, the scene received an energy
transfusion from stars such as the Police, Michael Jackson and David Bowie.
More first aid came from a solid host of overseas acts (Culture Club, Big
Country, U2), rejuvenated black stars (Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie) and
leading Third World figures Eddy Grant, King Sunny Ade and Peter Tosh.
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WEEKEND
DR. KING TRIBUTE EXPANDS TO TWO CITIES
Published on 01/13/1984. Article 21 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ernie Santosuosso Globe Staff
Last year a group of Boston musicians and singers paid tribute to the late
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through the presentation of "Journey Into a Dream,"
a musical odyssey of the aspirations of black people personified by the
martyred civil rights campaigner.
This year two performances of the second annual "Journey Into a Dream"
will be given. The first will be staged Sunday, the date coinciding with that
of Dr. King's birthday, at the Old Cambridge Baptist Church, 1151
Massachusetts av.
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SIXTH ANNUAL READERS' POLL WINNERS
Published on 01/26/1984. Article 22 of 228 found.
Eight weeks and 575 votes after we published our Sixth Annual Reader's
Poll ballot, we're here to tell you what you liked a lot in 1983. Which
included Meryl Streep, The Police, "Shear Madness," The Hilltop Steak House,
WBCN-FM and Liz Walker.
Not that there weren't a few fallen stars. The Rolling Stones lost their
lustre from previous polls, as did Natalie Jacobson, Pat Metheny, Luciano
Pavarotti and the Boston Red Sox. The latter fell from first place to third in
our Family Outing cate
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GRACE NOTES
IN HARVARD SQ., COFFEE AND . . .
Published on 02/13/1984. Article 23 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin Globe Staff
Bulletin: Dick Gaughan, the Scot who is one of the most brilliant folk-
style guitarists in creation, won many friends as well as fans during his
Cambridge concert-visit in November. Word came this weekend that he has been
struck down by a mysterious, still undiagnosed malady, leaving him bedridden
and unable to speak. He is in critical need of financial aid and words of
love. Both may be sent to him in care of Amy Fonoroff, 5 Chester st.,
Cambridge, Ma., 02140.
The financial realities o
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WEEKEND
CITY EYES TWO SITES FOR SUMMER CONCERTS
Published on 02/17/1984. Article 24 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ernie Santosuosso Globe Staff
The City of Boston "has two potential new sites in mind" for Concerts on
the Common, according to Rosemarie E. Sansone, director of the Mayor's Office
of Business and Cultural Development. However, pending further research,
disclosure of the alternative locations would be inadvisable at this time, she
said yesterday. "It's real difficult," said Sansone, who reemphasized the
city's commitment to resume the popular series this summer
Residential groups, the Boston Park Commission and Frien
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WEEKEND
CITY EYES TWO SITES FOR SUMMER CONCERTS
Published on 02/17/1984. Article 25 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ernie Santosuosso Globe Staff
The City of Boston "has two potential new sites in mind" for Concerts on
the Common, according to Rosemarie E. Sansone, director of the Mayor's Office
of Business and Cultural Development. However, pending further research,
disclosure of the alternative locations would be inadvisable at this time, she
said yesterday. "It's real difficult," said Sansone, who reemphasized the
city's commitment to resume the popular series this summer
Residential groups, the Boston Park Commission and Frien
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THE CRAZY BEAT OF LA MUSIC SCENE
Published on 05/27/1984. Article 26 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse Globe Staff
A Lincoln Continental driven by a skinhead punk. A sports car with the license
plate "Mr. TV." Hair salons and video stores on seemingly every corner.
Limousines double-parked on Sunset Strip. Health clubs the size of
supermarkets, frequented by muscle-bound trendies in kaleidoscopic
bodywear. A record shop half a block deep, devoted to pop oddities and
stocking more than 20,000 39-cent albums. And movie auditions where 800 actors
cue up for a bit part.
Los Angeles is a pop culture heave
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GRACE NOTES
ROSEBUD IN JUNE' BENEFIT AND A BIG WEEK FOR PASSIM
Published on 05/28/1984. Article 27 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin Globe Staff
The Festival of Light and Song (FLS) is one of the delightful ongoing
success stories on the small-group arts scene in Boston. A nonprofit,
multicultural organization founded and directed by Cambridge singer and
teacher Anabel Graetz, FLS is dedicated to preservation and performance of a-
cappella folk music, drawing on Eastern European, British, Celtic, American
and Jewish traditions. It also breathes new life into the folklore and rituals
of many cultures, with a particular emphasis on old customs foc
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THE RUSH IS ON AT SYMPHONY HALL
Published on 11/23/1984. Article 28 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ernie Santosuosso, Globe Staff
What more appropriate time to mention the annual end-of-the-year Tom Rush
concerts at Symphony Hall than during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend? Water
Music, Inc., is again sponsoring the appearances of the folk music veteran
from Harvard University Dec. 27-29.
This year Rush will transform his concerts into a three-evening festival
celebrating the 25th anniversary of Club 47 - now Passim - where the much-
publicized Cambridge folk boom of the early '60s was detonated. A forward-
look
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TOM RUSH ADDS CHILDREN'S SHOW
Published on 12/19/1984. Article 29 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
Folksinger Tom Rush has added a special children's show to his three-
night concert series at Symphony Hall. Scheduled for 3 p.m., Dec. 29, it will
benefit Oxfam America's Ethiopian Famine Relief Fund.
Tom Chapin, a noted stage and radio performer for children and, with his
late brother Harry Chapin, a longtime fundraiser for hunger relief projects,
will fly up from New York for the matinee. Also scheduled to perform with Rush
are Claudia Schmidt, Bill Morrissey, Jackie Washington Landr
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RECORDS: THE BEST OF 1984
Published on 12/20/1984. Article 30 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
"By the Sweat of My Brow," Hazel Dickens (Rounder). True grit, soul and
spirit, exquisite musicianship: Woody lives.
"How Will the Wolf Survive?," Los Lobos (Slash). It's a glitzy Hollywood
era? East Los Angeles sends a riveting message.
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TOM RUSH PULLS A RABBIT OUT OF HIS HAT
Published on 12/28/1984. Article 31 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Call him the ultimate Yuppie businessman if you must, but Tom Rush has
pulled another rabbit out of his hat. This time at his annual Symphony Hall
Christmas week concerts, he's brought Cambridge's Club 47 back to life. It
was a shining hour for him again last night, as he and a trainload of friends
turned back the years to another era.
Rookie folk lovers no doubt needed a scorecard to follow the procession of
players, but what a happy procession it was. Yes, there were ups and downs,
but
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ONE MORE TIME AT CLUB 47
Published on 12/31/1984. Article 32 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
"This story is like a long narrative ballad. It is still being made up and
has no end . . . We redefined ourselves as people through the music we chose
to sing and play and listen to . . . We invite anybody who wants to do so to
follow us down." With those wistfully prophetic words, Jim Rooney and Eric
Von Schmidt concluded their history of the Cambridge folk music scene of the
'50s and '60s, "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down." And a new chapter in folkie
history was written over the weekend at Symphony Ha
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THE 7TH ANNUAL READERS POLL WINNERS
Published on 01/31/1985. Article 33 of 228 found.
Boy, did you ever vote - 1400 of you, to be exact. You made our Seventh
Annual Readers' Poll our biggest ever. By far. It took us nine weeks to tally
up what you had to say. You cast 25,282 votes in 56 categories, returning 20
of last year's champions to the winner's circle.
It was a year of old favorites (Meryl Streep, Hilltop Steak House, the
Museum of Fine Arts) and new faces (New Edition, Jason's, WXKS-FM). You
watched a lot of television and went to a lot of movies, but you weren't
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TIMES A-CHANGIN' IN POP: FOLKIES ARE BEING HEARD
Published on 03/03/1985. Article 34 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
Dave Van Ronk has seen it hit the folk music community before: ''Ye gods,
we're having another folk music scare! Serves us right." His raucous laugh
fills the rent-controlled apartment in Greenwich Village's Sheridan Square
that he moved into when Bob Dylan was still in his 20s.
Van Ronk is 48; it's been nearly 30 years since he first rasped out blues
on a Village stage at the dawn of the 1950s-'60s folk scene. He's still a
spellbinding performer, he's greatly broadened his repertoire, and hi
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FRESH APPROACH TO TRADITION
Published on 03/18/1985. Article 35 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
"The potential is really mind-boggling," said Andy Statman, and he was not
guilty of hyperbole.
Statman and his Klezmer Orchestra, a thoroughly contemporary ensemble that
draws on the centuries-old traditions of East European Jewish music, is
performing Wednesday in concert at Berklee Performance Center with De Danann,
a thoroughly contemporary ensemble that draws on centuries-old Irish
traditions. Each group will play a full set, and then the two will join forces
to explore the boundaries o
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UNDER THE GUN
THREE YEARS AFTER 'SELLING' OF THE MARATHON,
BAA STILL MIRED IN LEGAL, PERSONNEL BATTLES
Published on 04/07/1985. Article 36 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Will McDonough, Globe Staff
There could be a million reasons why Bill Tyler will never forget the
moment. There are definitely hundreds of thousands.
"I remember it was a Saturday morning. My wife handed me the paper and
said, 'Have you seen this?' I looked at the story and there it was. I said to
myself, 'Oh my God, he's gone and done it.' "
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FOLK FESTIVAL WILL RETURN TO NEWPORT
Published on 05/02/1985. Article 37 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
Banjos will ring and guitars will peal in Newport, R.I., this summer, as
for the first time since 1969, a Newport Folk Festival will be presented in
that Rhode Island resort city. George Wein's Festival Productions announced
plans today for a two-day festival Aug. 3-4, noon-6:30 p.m. each day, at Fort
Adams State Park.
The performers are a blend of folkies who first emerged during the 1960s
folk revival - which looked to Newport as its summer Mecca - and up-and-coming
artists fro
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NEWPORT FOLK AND JAZZ LINEUPS ANNOUNCED
Published on 06/19/1985. Article 38 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ernie Santosuosso, Globe Staff
Sounding somewhat nostalgic, producer George Wein spoke of the resumption this
summer of the Newport Folk Festival, the first such program since the series
was discontinued after 1969.
"It feels like old times having the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals back
once again," he told a press gathering yesterday at the Newport Yachting
Center. The jazz program, since renamed the JVC Jazz Festival at Newport, was
revived in the summer of 1981.
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WHO'S UP, WHO'S DOWN IN RADIO RACE
Published on 07/16/1985. Article 39 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Robert A. McLean, Globe Staff
WHDH got back into the race, capturing third place after a winter tumble,
and sister station WZOU-FM continued to climb on Arbitron's spring radio
audience chart, according to figures released yesterday.
The beautiful music stations took a small pounding, and there were no less
than three ties, one a three-way job. Two of the three dead heats involved
stations outside the Boston metropolitan market.
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BOSTON MAY GET PREVIEW OF PETER ALLEN'S 'LEGS'
Published on 07/19/1985. Article 40 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ernie Santosuosso, Globe Staff
Bi-coastal Peter Allen, the whirling-dervish singer-songwriter, has
forsaken the tent circuit this summer for the occasional big-city concert.
These days he is busy composing the score and studying tapdancing in
preparation for a Broadway-bound musical based on the life of the circa '20s
and '30s gangster Jack (Legs) Diamond. The Australian entertainer, who will
appear at Concerts on the Common Sunday night at 8, also will portray Diamond
in the show.
"The idea originated from talking with
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NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL RETURNS TOMORROW
Published on 08/02/1985. Article 41 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ernie Santosuosso, Globe Staff
During the peak seasons of the Newport Folk Festival, it seemed there were
more guitars in evidence than people in the internationally famous seaside
resort.
The concerts at Freebody Park and eventually at Festival Field served as a
convocation of the most charismatic performers in the folk music milieu. The
Viking Hotel at breakfast was the base of operations as the dining room buzzed
with conversations between Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, Judy
Collins, Joni Mitchell, Carolyn
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AFTER 16 YEARS, FOLK FESTIVALS AND CROWD RETURN TO NEWPORT
Published on 08/04/1985. Article 42 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
NEWPORT, R.I. - After an absence of 16 years, the Newport Folk Festival
returned to this seaside resort yesterday and a capacity crowd of 5,500 basked
under a brilliant blue sky at Fort Adams State Park for the opening concert.
Produced by George Wein, who inaugurated the Newport festivals in 1959 at
the dawn of the urban folk revival, the 1985 edition was at the same time a
nostalgia trip and a benchmark for the resurgence of interest in acoustic
music in the 1980s.
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IN THE FINEST FOLK TRADITION
FAMILIAR NAMES AND NEW FACES CREATE
A RENAISSANCE SPIRIT
Published on 08/05/1985. Article 43 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
NEWPORT, R.I. - "I am sooo glad to be here," said Bonnie Raitt, beaming from
the stage at the crowd of 6500 people sprawled on the harborside lawn of Fort
Adams State Park. "I missed this the first time around. So let's do it every
year."
The audience roared its approval. The Newport Folk Festival, founded in
1959, but in limbo since 1969, returned this weekend and spirits were high -
onstage, backstage and anywhere under the endless blue sky.
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NEW ENGLAND SAMPLERS OF FOLK AND BLUES
Published on 12/02/1985. Article 44 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
There's still a lot of Alabama in Harry Lipson's speech, but his heart
belongs to New England.
Founder and director of the FolkTree Concerts series in his adopted
hometown of Arlington, Lipson believes fervently that "there's an incredible
breadth of artistic talent in this area. We have leaders in theater, visual
arts and across the musical spectrum - and I think the importance of New
England to the resurgent folk music scene can't be overstated.
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REVUE 'FOR LADIES ONLY' TO REOPEN DISCO AT PALACE IN SAUGUS
Published on 12/13/1985. Article 45 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ernie Santosuosso, Globe Staff
Richard Whiting, who produced musical shows at the Bradford Cabaret two
years ago, will take on that role once again when the recently renovated disco
room at the Palace in Saugus opens Jan. 8 with the revue "Men in Motion." The
show will be designed "for ladies only," according to Whiting, although men
will be admitted.
Whiting quickly pointed out yesterday that "Men in Motion" is a high- class
production to which a mother can take her daughter. He decided there was a
market for the show
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LIVIN' IN THE COUNTRY
Published on 12/20/1985. Article 46 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Bruce McCabe, Globe Staff
HILLSBORO COUNTY, N.H. - Fifteen years ago Tom Rush walked away from the
performing grind of the popular singer/musician to take up the quiet serenity
of family life at the top of a winding New Hamphire hill.
Tom Rush, 44, or "5 celsius" as he calls it, explained his decision as he
sat in the airy, spacious living room of his sprawling home one day last week.
In the corner of the room is a nicely proportioned, bushy, decorated home-
grown Christmas tree.
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STREET PERFORMERS TAKE CENTER STAGE
Published on 06/02/1986. Article 47 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
"Street performing is coming of age," said singer Stephen Baird, the
spiritual, organizational and often legal leader of the Boston area's
community of street artists, and an indefatigable champion of artists' rights
of free expression.
On Saturday on Cambridge Common (10 a.m.-5 p.m.), Baird is producing the
Third Annual Cambridge Street Performers Festival as part of the 10th
Cambridge River Festival. The lineup is outstanding, underscoring Baird's
conviction that the talent on the streets
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NEWPORT FOLKFEST TO MIX OLD AND NEW THIS YEAR
Published on 08/01/1986. Article 48 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Last summer's Newport Folk Festival -- the first in 16 years -- featured a
Who's Who of old-line folkies. There was Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Joan
Baez, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Mimi Farina, Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk and Taj
Mahal.
The two-day event attracted 11,500 people to Fort Adams State Park -- but
also attracted some criticism.
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NEWPORT FOLK FEST A GOURMET'S DELIGHT
Published on 08/11/1986. Article 49 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
NEWPORT, R.I. -- The very best old New England recipes are the simplest.
It's all in the quality of the ingredients, whether you're trying to cook up a
heart warming clam chowder, a mouth watering blueberry pie or a soul stirring
music festival. The 1986 Newport Folk Festival was a gourmet's delight.
Start with two perfectly lazy, hazy days with skies of robin's egg blue --
the choice of the crop in a summer of dreary weekends. Temper the sultry
flavor with an infinite variety of sailor's
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FOLKTREE SEASON 'MOST AMBITIOUS YET'
Published on 09/02/1986. Article 50 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
The fall season for Harry Lipson's FolkTree Concerts encompasses two halls,
two festivals, eight dates, 16 shows and 45 performers from across the
spectrum of folk and acoustic music.
The lineup ranges from old-time American string-band music to headline-
fresh topical songs, from 22-year-old Tracy Chapman to 93-year-old Elizabeth
Cotten, from such veterans of the 1960s folk revival as Tom Paxton, Donovan
and Odetta to such emerging stars of the contemporary renaissance as Phranc,
Bill Mor
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'LORD OF RINGS' OPENING DELAYED
Published on 09/19/1986. Article 51 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
A mixed bag of news on the theater circuit this week: Two attractions are
being rescheduled or postponed, but two others have been added to the fall
fare.
The bad news first: "Lord of the Rings," the Canadian puppet extravaganza
based on J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy, which had been scheduled for the Colonial
Theater Oct. 7-19, has changed its production schedule and won't be here on
those dates. "Originally it was going to open at the Shubert in New Haven for
a week and then come here," said t
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NEW ENGLAND'S FOLK 'FINEST' . . . HAS BOTH HITS AND MISSES
Published on 12/08/1986. Article 52 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Too many performers? Too many chances to see them elsewhere? Too costly a
ticket? Too many other pre-Christmas diversions and concerts?
Whatever the reason -- and promoter Harry Lipson scratched his head as to
why -- the second annual Folktree Festival of New England's Finest did not
excite the public as it should have.
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1986'S TOP TEN RECORDS
Published on 12/18/1986. Article 53 of 228 found.
How is 1986 viewed by our record critics? As a year of comebacks by Peter
Gabriel and Paul Simon. As a year of rising lights like Janet Jackson, Dwight
Yoakam, Run-D.M.C., Anita Baker, Robert Cray, Ed Wilkerson, Woodentops,
Throwing Muses and Forester Sisters. As a year of veterans like Bruce
Springsteen, Elvis Costello, R.E.M., Ornette Coleman, Talking Heads, Bobby
McFerrin, Teresa Trull, UB40, Paul Geremia and Dexter Gordon. Not to mention a
year that the greats of blues and jazz were back in reissues;
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THE 9TH ANNUAL READERS' POLL WINNERS
Published on 01/29/1987. Article 54 of 228 found.
Tis the season of winners and sinners, a time for adding up the ballots
cast in our 9th Annual Readers' Poll. Six hundred-twenty of you voted in our
1986 edition of this exercise in democracy, casting 11,502 separate choices in
42 categories. You returned 16 of last year's winners to power and elected
four other choices who'd won in previous polls. Twenty-two entries reached the
top spot for the first time, thereby resulting in a winners' circle filled
almost equally with old and new faces.
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N.E. FOLK, ACOUSTIC MUSIC ON A ROLL
Published on 04/20/1987. Article 55 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
New England's folk and acoustic music scene remains on a roll this Spring.
There are excellent albums by homegrown artists to commend to your attention,
and several extremely promising concerts on tap as well.
But first, some disappointing news: The New England Irish Festival at
Sullivan Stadium in Foxborough will not be held this summer. The two-day
event, launched in 1984, has been a resounding artistic success, and the box
office seemingly has been sufficient to keep it going, but bigg
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A SUPER SUMMER FOR OUTDOOR FOLK AND ACOUSTIC FESTIVALS
Published on 05/25/1987. Article 56 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
This summer promises to be a delightful season for folk and acoustic music
fans in the Northeast. There may well be more outdoor festivals than in any
year in recent memory, and Memorial Day weekend is a good time to start
planning. What follows is by no means exhaustive, but rather some highlights
from a sumptuous smorgasbord.
The downtown Lowell National Historical Park will be the setting for the
49th National Folk Festival, the oldest ethnic folk music gathering in the
nation, and
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ESPLANADE EXPLODING WITH ENTERTAINMENT
Published on 06/11/1987. Article 57 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
The Metropolitan District Commission yesterday announced the most ambitious
entertainment series in the 48-year history of the Hatch Shell on the Charles
River Esplanade.
There will be 84 free events at the Hatch Shell this summer -- with shows
every day of the week. The series includes a Friday night movie series
employing a new screen that will be installed in the shell. The programs begin
this weekend with a classical music concert by the Netwon Symphony Orchestra
Saturday night at 8, a
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LOUIE BELLSON'S BIG BAND SOUND IS BETTER THAN EVER
Published on 09/11/1987. Article 58 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ernie Santosuosso, Globe Staff
Louie Bellson recalled the night several years ago when his band and the
band led by fellow drummer Buddy Rich merged for a rare performance at the
Peabody Holiday Inn.
"We played Don Menza's 'Groovin' Hard,' " said the affable Bellson, who is
appearing with Menza on tenor saxophone, pianist John Bunch and bassist Jay
Leonhart through tomorrow at the Regattabar in the Charles Hotel at Harvard
Square. "We had hoped to make a video of the two bands playing that number but
schedule conflicts
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GUITARIST GERHARD COMES TO CAMBRIDGE
Published on 09/30/1987. Article 59 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
Composer-guitarist Edward Gerhard, whose debut album, "Night Birds,"
released this year on the Philo/Rounder label, is an ornament of the
burgeoning American steel-string genre, is performing at Passim in Harvard
Square, Cambridge, Friday-Sunday. He'll be opening for singer-songwriter Bill
Morrissey, the incisive portraitist of mill-town and rural New England and one
of Gerhard's earliest guitar teachers.
"I grew up outside Philadelphia," said Gerhard, "and when I was 14 or so
and just get
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JACK GALLAGHER: COMIC RELIEF FROM TEACHING
Published on 10/02/1987. Article 60 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Jack Gallagher, a former schoolteacher who became a key figure in the
original Boston comedy wave of the late '70s and early '80s, is back in the
city this weekend. He headlines through tomorrow at the Comedy Connection,
where for two years he hosted open mike nights before moving to Los Angeles in
1984.
"I thought I'd be a schoolteacher for the rest of my life. I'm still not
used to moving from hotel to hotel," he said yesterday. "I still love teaching
-- and hope to do some substitute te
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FUNDRAISER PUSHED
Published on 11/29/1987. Article 61 of 228 found.
Sterling Productions Ltd., of Manchester, recently produced a television
public service announcement for the American Lung Association of New
Hampshire. The 30-second announcement promotes the Association's annual
Christmas Ball fundraiser.
Announcer Bill Morrissey and the ballroom dancers from the Manchester
Arthur Murray Dance Studio were featured in the announcement. Sterling's Jim
Murphy and Susan Greene were responsible for the production.
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BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS
Published on 12/04/1987. Article 62 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ernie Santosuosso, Globe Staff
You know it's getting to look a lot like Christmas when the Wintersauce
Chorale and Jazz Pops Ensemble salute the season in their own enjoyable
fashion. Under the direction of George Guibault, the Wintersauce Chorale, a
16-voice chorus; the Jazz Pops Ensemble and harpist Martha Moor will help
jolly up the season with their "Wintersauce Wonderland" Sunday, Dec. 13, at 3
p.m. in Faneuil Hall at Quincy market.
The program will consist of new, sometimes jazzy, arrangements of
Christmas songs
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READERS' POLL / 10TH ANNUAL
WINNERS
Published on 01/28/1988. Article 63 of 228 found.
So now comes 1987 one last time, the moment when we reveal who and what you
liked during the past 12 months.
No fewer than 830 of you cast votes in our 10th Annual Readers' Poll,
pondering 43 categories before returning 21 incumbents to office. Since three
other champs had also been to the winners' circle in previous years, that
leaves 19 first-time, first-place finishers.
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SHAKING THOSE FEBRUARY BLUES
Published on 02/15/1988. Article 64 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeff McLaughlin, Globe Staff
If you're not a skier, and your budget puts the Caribbean out of reach,
February can seem interminable. Songwriter Bill Morrissey suggests one
solution is to climb into bed, pull the covers tight to your chin, and refuse
to get up until Opening Day at Fenway Park. That seems a bit extreme, and even
Morrissey doesn't always follow his own prescriptions: He's venturing forth
from New Hampshire to Cambridge for a show at Passim Sunday at 8 p.m., for
example.
But it is a treat to report th
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FOLK MUSIC
Published on 06/05/1988. Article 65 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
Basic truism: Folk music in the summertime means outdoor festivals. Not
just festivals, mind you -- chances are crusty old John Prine will do just
fine in the dark environs of the Somerville Theater, June 19 -- but three of
the summer's biggest folk events take place, one a month, under the sun or
stars: Folktree's Summer Festival on June 19, the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
on July 17-18, and Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival on Aug. 20-21. All are
packed with talent -- and all have been assembled with
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IVAN NEVILLE MEETS THE ROCK WORLD
Published on 10/28/1988. Article 66 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
A surprise addition to rock playlists is Ivan Neville, the 29-year-old son
of Aaron Neville of the New Orleans group the Neville Brothers. Instead of
following his dad's New Orleans footsteps, Ivan has headed into the rock
world, playing on Keith Richards' solo album and releasing his own LP, "If My
Ancestors Could See Me Now." It features the fast-rising radio hit "Not Just
Another Girl."
Neville is a brilliant new talent. His songs are hard-edged, almost
metallic at times. And his voice
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BOSTON HITS JACKPOT OF NEW BANDS
Published on 11/18/1988. Article 67 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Fresh blood -- finally.
For those who gripe that there's never enough new music around, next week
will be a jackpot. It should be a quick-fix antidote to the many established
acts and dinosaur groups that have shuffled through town in recent months.
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THE LITTLE PARTY THAT GREW
Published on 12/19/1988. Article 68 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jack Thomas, Globe Staff
For people-watching, the place to be Saturday was Fynn's on Newbury Street,
where George Regan, the irrepressible publicist, held his seventh annual
Christmas party for 630 of his closest friends. Having attracted 400 at his
North End condo last year, Regan took over a restaurant this year, and people
who don't know him were telephoning on the assumption they could buy tickets.
Who knows? Next year, maybe he'll need Boston Garden.
The cost, estimated at more than $70,000, was paid equally
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A NICE ALBUM FOR CROSBY FANS
Published on 01/27/1989. Article 69 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
David Crosby may have cleaned up his drug and legal problems, but don't
expect any drastic changes in his music. He remains the ultimate hippie
vocalist, dipping into various musical idioms with the same spacey manner he's
always had. His new solo album, "Oh Yes I Can," on A&M Records, will please
old fans but not necessarily win any new ones.
No revelations are given about his long siege with drugs, except for the
oblique "Monkey and the Underdog," a bluesy tune that gets into so much
met
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AWARDS LIST REFLECTS A BUSY MUSIC SCENE
Published on 03/10/1989. Article 70 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
The Boston music scene, after a dormant phase, is humming again. Twenty
Boston acts have cracked the national charts in the last six months alone.
Roxbury's Bobby Brown just had a No. 1 song with "My Prerogative" and a No. 1
album with "Don't Be Cruel." Cambridge's Tracy Chapman just won three Grammy
Awards. And Dorchester's New Kids on the Block have scored two Top 10 hits and
become a sensation in Japan.
The timing couldn't be better for the third annual Boston Music Awards,
which are s
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BOSTON MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES
ACT OF THE YEAR:
Published on 03/10/1989. Article 71 of 228 found.
Aerosmith; Bobby Brown; Tracy Chapman; New Edition; New Kids on the Block.
RISING STAR:
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ARTISTS...THE LIVING AIN'T EASY
Published on 03/22/1989. Article 72 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
Roger Miller, a keyboardist, guitarist and singer, is well known and well
respected in the Boston music community. Miller -- formerly of Mission of
Burma and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic and now a solo act -- has accumulated more
than a few raves in his time, including, two months ago, praise for his latest
album, "Oh," in The New York Times. It was selected as "Avant-Garde Record of
the Week."
The 37-year-old musician is not exactly living it up. "We're not talking
high on the hog," Miller
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SOMERVILLE THEATER GATHERS SUPPORT
Published on 04/10/1989. Article 73 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jay Carr, Globe Staff
Friends in Support of the Somerville Theater (FISST), has gathered 2,000
names on a petition asking that the theater be kept in its present form, and
will hold its first public meeting, hoping to add to its ranks. It will take
place April 18 from 6-7 p.m. at the Somerville Theater's Davis Square
neighbor, Boston Baked Theater, 255 Elm St. FISST spokeswoman and founding
member Selina Oppenheim said the group was formed to protect the theater on
whose stage Tallulah Bankhead, Ray Bolger and Busby Berkeley
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BASSIST JAMERSON REMEMBERED
Published on 04/28/1989. Article 74 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Does the name James Jamerson ring a bell? Probably not, since he's one of
the most overlooked figures in the history of soul music. Jamerson was the
house bassist for 13 years with Detroit's Motown Records, where he played on
Marvin Gaye's "Heard It Through the Grapevine," the Supremes' "Can't Hurry
Love," the Temptations' "My Girl," the Four Tops' "Bernadette," Stevie
Wonder's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)," and many other hits by these same
artists.
Jamerson died forgotten and brok
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SUMMER FESTIVALS MAKE PERFECT SAMPLERS
Published on 05/19/1989. Article 75 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Fernando Gonzalez, Globe Staff
Big names and safe choices are the marks of this year's folk and jazz
festivals at Newport.
The lineups for the Ben and Jerry's Newport Folk Festival (July 29 and 30)
and the JVC Jazz Festival at Newport (Aug. 18, 19 and 20), announced
yesterday, include names such as B.B. King, Emmylou Harris, Mel Torme and Dave
Brubeck -- and little room for surprise.
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WHAT'S NEW ON NIGHTLIFE SCENE
Published on 06/22/1989. Article 76 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse
Cape nightlife has a few new looks this season -- some of them positive,
some not.
The biggest addition is the $2 million Kasbar dance club in Hyannis, which
is bringing a touch of urban disco to the once laid-back land of clams and
fries. The 470-capacity club opened two months ago on the site of the former
Compass Lounge. It features Italian lighting and a Moroccan setting complete
with palm trees. Top 40 dance music is played over a 13,000-watt sound
system. The Kasbar's open seven n
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EASY ROUNDER
SHOULD YOU HANKER TO HEAR AN OLD RECORDING BY, SAY, THE SPARK
GAP WONDER BOYS, DON'T DESPAIR. CAMBRIDGE'S ROUNDER RECORDS MAY
BE A SUCCESS STORY, BUT IT STILL STOCKS EVERY DISC IT HAS EVER
RELEASED.
Published on 08/20/1989. Article 77 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Nathan Cobb, Globe Staff
Vintage Woodstock-generation film clip: Three young friends, white with
middle-class backgrounds, long-haired and tie-dyed, motoring through the
American South in a tired Volkswagen bus, hawking records at music festivals
in hamlets such as Union Grove, North Carolina; Galax, Virginia; and Pipestem,
West Virginia. Eating cashews surreptitiously plucked from the shelves of
grocery stores while stocking up on peanut butter and jelly, making long-
distance telephone calls with a fake credit card number, be
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AUTUMN PROMISES A HARVEST OF NEW ALBUMS
Published on 09/01/1989. Article 78 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Summer is waning, but the fall album-release bonanza is just beginning. It
looks like a frantic time, as stars and would-be stars hit the shops with new
music. Everyone from Tracy Chapman and Bob Dylan, to Aerosmith and Janet
Jackson will be represented.
Key release dates include:
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REPHRASING THE ARGUMENT, OUTWORKING THE OPPOSITION
Published on 10/03/1989. Article 79 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff
Gun advocates, who normally swamp lawmakers with calls and letters when
gun-control issues come up for a vote, were outfoxed and outflanked by their
opponents yesterday on a measure banning the sale and restricting the use of
assault weapons in Boston.
Sponsors of the bill succeeded in casting it as a crime-fighting measure
rather than a gun-control bill, and the bill's supporters staged the type of
lobbying effort usually waged by gun advocates.
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OVERRIDE VOTE TO FORCE MWRA TO MOVE TO QUINCY FAILS IN LEGISLATURE
Published on 11/29/1989. Article 80 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Marantz, Globe Staff
A surprise legislative maneuver that would have forced the Massachusetts
Water Resources Authority headquarters to Quincy failed narrowly yesterday,
leaving the harbor cleanup agency no closer to a new site and increasing the
likelihood that it will have to remain at its current site in Charlestown.
Proponents of a Quincy site for the headquarters lost by five votes in a
bid to override Gov. Dukakis' veto of a bill that would have forced the
headquarters to be relocated at Fore River Shipy
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NIGHTLIFE
T.T. THE BEAR'S EXPERIMENTS WITH ACOUSTIC MONDAYS
Published on 11/30/1989. Article 81 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
They may not be pure acoustic nights, but they're played with an "acoustic
attitude," as the saying goes. Such low-key nights of music have been making
inroads at rock clubs around town during the early part of the week. Johnny
D's in Somerville has a Tuesday acoustic series. The Rat in Boston's Kenmore
Square has a Wednesday series. Among the standouts is Monday's "Travelin'
Light" series at T.T. the Bear's in Cambridge.
"We've had a good response," says Randi Millman, who books the ''Tra
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TOP 10 RECORDS OF '89
Published on 12/21/1989. Article 82 of 228 found.
The decade ends on a luminous note for records. Where some years are thin,
this one saw many more Top Ten contenders than usual. Numerous veterans had
strong LPs -- Neil Young, Tom Petty, Sun Ra, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Wynton
Marsalis, the Rolling Stones. The socially astute Tracy Chapman continued her
momentum.
New faces abounded -- the Indigo Girls, Daniel Lanois, Shawn Colvin,
Melissa Etheridge, Lucky Dube, Clint Black. Boston bands got it right,
especially the Pixies and Neats. Rap made i
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COVERING ALL THE BASES
BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS LOOK TO HONOR A WIDE RANGE OF ACTS
Published on 03/09/1990. Article 83 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
From the arenas to the fringes of the club scene, the Boston Music Awards
will again try to cover the spectrum this year. Familiar stars such as Bobby
Brown, Aerosmith, New Kids on the Block and Bonnie Raitt dot the nominations
that came out yesterday, but so do many acts that may never hit the arenas --
such tried-and-true club rats as Bullet LaVolta, T.H. & the Wreckage and the
Zulus.
Nominations for the 43 awards, including new ones for outstanding Irish/
Celtic act and World Music act
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COMPLETE LIST OF BOSTON MUSIC AWARD WINNERS
Published on 04/20/1990. Article 84 of 228 found.
Act of the year: New Kids on the Block
Rising star: Finest Hour
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THE SOUNDS OF VICTORY
NEW KIDS TOP THE LIST AT BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS
Published on 04/20/1990. Article 85 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
The New Kids on the Block still rule. The Dorchester dance-pop titans,
whose Gross National Product could bail out a few local economies, won the
prestigious Act of the Year at last night's scream-filled Boston Music Awards.
A sellout 4,200 musicians, fans and industry hotshots caught the awards at the
Wang Center, though some marred the night's unity by booing the New Kids and
sparking a curt response from the group.
The New Kids, who are gearing up to play Foxboro Stadium July 29 and 3
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IT'S ONWARD AND UPWARD FOR BONNIE RAITT
Published on 04/27/1990. Article 86 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Bonnie Raitt is not gathering any moss. Flush from her four-Grammy award
sweep, she joined Don Henley's Walden Woods benefits this week at the
Worcester Centrum. She's also planning her own summer tour, as well as a
compilation CD due out in July.
Her tour, expected to hit Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts, will
find her again championing an elder R&B legend. Previously she's brought
Sippie Wallace on tour -- and this time it will be Charles Brown, a '40s R&B
star from Oakland.
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THE THRILLS AND CHILLS OF BACKING CHUCK BERRY
Published on 06/15/1990. Article 87 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Bruce Springsteen used to say that the greatest thrill of his youth was
playing one night in New Jersey with Chuck Berry's backup band. Bostonian Tom
Hambridge, a drummer whose group T.H. & the Wreckage won two Boston Music
Awards this year, now accompanies Berry on most of the latter's Northeast
dates, citing the same chills that Springsteen did.
"Chuck has asked me to play with him for several years now, but I still get
excited. Hey, he's the father of rock 'n' roll. Who wouldn't get exc
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'60S FOLK MEETS '90S FOLK IN NEWPORT
Published on 08/13/1990. Article 88 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
NEWPORT -- The times, they have been-a-changin' at the Newport Folk
Festival since it was resurrected in 1985. They've been especially changing
during the past three years as the rubric of "folk" has taken on its most
catholic interpretation. All for the better -- making the bills more eclectic
and less tied to the 1960s-era, old (van) guard. For these three years, the
Vermont ice cream moguls-cum-social-activists, Ben & Jerry, have sponsored the
festival. Saturday afternoon, they were greeted with an
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THE END OF AN ERA IN BOSTON: THE DEL FUEGOS CALL IT QUITS
Published on 08/17/1990. Article 89 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
In a sad development for Boston rock fans, the Del Fuegos have just
broken up. The flagship band, which once proudly titled an album "Boston,
Mass.," has apparently dissolved because singer Dan Zanes wants to try a solo
career.
"Dan wants to do his own thing," manager Gary Habib said yesterday. "He
thought the Fuegos were slowing him down and he might be able to stretch out
his songwriting more on his own. I hope he's right."
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LIVING COLOUR LASHES OUT WITH URGENT, STREETWISE 'TIME'S UP'
Published on 08/24/1990. Article 90 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Living Colour, who opened the Rolling Stones tour on a high note last
summer, plan to roar back into the public eye. Their new album, "Time's Up,"
is an ambitious, uncompromising work that stretches out from their funk-metal
base while retaining angry, street-tough lyrics that slam drug lords, do-
nothing politicians, polluters and even the tabloid screwballs who see Elvis
Presley at every shopping mall in the land.
"Time's Up," due out Tuesday, is even more urgent than Living Colour's
fir
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MULTICULTURALISM IS BECOMING A WAY OF LIFE
Published on 12/30/1990. Article 91 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Fernando Gonzalez, Globe Staff
Boston is a jigsaw puzzle of cities within a city. It speaks not only
English but also Creole, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Spanish -- in some cases with
a dozen accents. For these communities, multiculturalism is not the new
buzzword that gets you a grant, but a way of life.
And "world music" is not this year's fashion but a need.
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A RUSH OF EMOTIONS FILLS SYMPHONY HALL
Published on 12/31/1990. Article 92 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
The die-hards were back. After a four-year hiatus, Tom Rush returned to
Symphony Hall -- and so did his most loyal fans. When host Dick Pleasance
asked how many of the cabaret-seated patrons had seen Rush at his first
Christmas-week show in 1981, there was a proud cheer. And when he asked how
many had seen Rush five years ago, there was a positive crescendo.
"People have even flown in from London and the West Coast for this," said
Pleasance, who programs folk music for WGBH-FM and WADN-AM
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COMPLETE LIST OF BOSTON MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES
Published on 03/08/1991. Article 93 of 228 found.
Act of the Year: Aerosmith, Bell Biv DeVoe, New Kids on the Block, Pixies,
Bonnie Raitt, Ralph Tresvant
Rising Star: The Cavedogs, Extreme, Lalah Hathaway, O Positive, Perfect
Gentlemen
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SOUND CHOICES
Published on 03/29/1991. Article 94 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
THE 'EVENING FOR A SPECIAL FRIEND' show next Wednesday at the Paradise
shapes up as one of the best comedy/music benefits of the season. It's so good
that you have to look twice at the lineup to make sure you've got it right.
Folk music avatar Bill Morrissey will perform, as will three of Boston's most
creative and successful comics -- the politically fiery Barry Crimmins, the
ultra-deadpan Steven Wright (who headlined Symphony Hall a couple of years
ago) and the wildly imaginative Jonathan Katz. The ev
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BOSTON COMEDY COMMUNITY PRODUCES BENEFIT IN A PINCH
Published on 04/05/1991. Article 95 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
Credit the Boston comedy community for coming together for a cause on short
notice -- which is no surprise, as it pretty much always does. Wednesday's
benefit at the Paradise, a rather high-profile affair featuring Bostonian-once
again Steven Wright, was organized by political comic Barry Crimmins to aid an
activist friend who has the double-whammy of cancer and exorbitant medical
bills. (His friend wished to remain anonymous.)
So: Wright leant his surreal, dislocating, deadpan talents and
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NAMES & FACES
A VOICE THAT'S YEARNING TO BE PAID
Published on 04/10/1991. Article 96 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Michael Blowen, Globe Staff
A former Motown singer claims her voice was used to enhance Paula Abdul's
on the hit album "Forever Your Girl." Yvette Marine is suing Virgin Records
for unspecified royalties and credit for the performance. She said she was
never paid or acknowledged. Marine's lawsuit, filed Monday in Los Angeles
Superior Court, claims her voice was mixed with Abdul's on the songs
''Opposites Attract" and "I Need You." "Forever Your Girl" has sold 7 million
copies since its 1988 release. "At that time, Paula Abdul was
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MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS -- AND EARTH DAY
Published on 04/27/1991. Article 97 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Chris Reidy, Globe Staff
Earth Day is a movable feast, and some cities, like Cambridge, will
celebrate this weekend. But Earth Day redux is not the only opportunity for
family fun this weekend.
Before giving the lowdown on Cambridge Earth Day, a quick look at some
other events is in order.
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NEWPORT FESTIVALS HEAVY ON THE VETERANS
Published on 05/15/1991. Article 98 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Suzanne Vega, the Indigo Girls, Randy Newman, Judy Collins and John Prine
are some of the acts headed to the Newport Folk Festival this summer. And Ray
Charles, Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck are some of the names booked for the
Newport Jazz Festival.
Rosters for Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, set for Fort
Adams State Park, were both annnounced yesterday. Each is top-heavy on
veterans, with a scattering of new faces.
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NORTHAMPTON CLUB BUILT FOR LISTENING
Published on 05/30/1991. Article 99 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Looking for a dream club? You'd probably want an intimate setting with great
sight lines, unbeatable acoustics, cool staff and cheap drinks. For decor?
Maybe a rustic feel with wood beam floors, high ceilings, a cozy balcony and a
restored Steinway piano always ready in back of the stage. And for talent?
Everyone from Joan Baez to Jonathan Richman, Buddy Guy to Cheryl Wheeler, and
McCoy Tyner to Mojo Nixon.
Sound inviting? Then you'd be in heaven at the Iron Horse Music Hall in the
central
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ANOTHER SEASON
SUMMER MUSIC, THEATER & DANCE FESTIVALS
Published on 06/06/1991. Article 100 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Christine Temin, Kevin Kelly, Richard Dyer, Steve Morse,
Patricia Smith, Fernando Gonzalez, and Scott Alarik
It's another summer. It's also another season for New England's music,
theater and dance festivals. Beginning this month and continuing through
Labor Day, the region turns into a busy cultural center as musicians, dancers
and actors perform in many theaters, concert halls and summery outdoor venues.
If you wish to sample some of these offerings, read on. Some are close to
home, some are farther away. Our critics offer their suggestions on what to
see.
DANCE - BY CHRISTINE
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SOUND CHOICES
Published on 06/07/1991. Article 101 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan
PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE with a potent political satirist and a penetrating
singer-songwriter and what do you get? "We don't know what's gonna happen,"
admits Bill Morrissey, the singing-songwriting half of that combo, which
cofeatures Barry Crimmins and plays tonight at Nightstage in Cambridge.
''We're both doing a little of everything. It could be a multimedia event.
Music, comedy and cerebral mud wrestling." Getting his comic bearings,
Morrissey charges ahead: "It's me against Barry, two out of three f
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COLVIN SCORES WITH LOVE SONGS
Published on 06/14/1991. Article 102 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
A sprawling crowd of 4,000 people came to Copley Square yesterday to hear
folk Grammy winner Shawn Colvin open the second annual free WBOS Copley Music
series. The crowd -- the biggest ever to attend a series show -- was so
orderly that horse-mounted police had nothing to do but enjoy the music
themselves.
A few fire trucks passed by and blared their horns during the 5:30 p.m.
show, but didn't deter Colvin. "Afternoon shows can be difficult," Colvin said
later. "But I felt I was able to
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SUMMER TOURS GAMBLE WITH ROCK 'N' RAP
Published on 06/21/1991. Article 103 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Creatively booked package shows -- often merging rock and rap on the
same bill -- are becoming a dominant story this summer. Every time you look
around, there's a new amphitheater tour of acts that cut across many genres.
"There are some really weird bags of acts out there this year," says Kevin
Kennedy of Columbia Records. "With the economy being tight, it's an attempt to
give more bang for the buck, though a lot of these bands are really just
opening acts."
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ALTERNATIVE ROCKERS HEAD FOR T.T.'S
Published on 07/12/1991. Article 104 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
The New Music Seminar draws a flock of new bands to Manhattan in July. Many
will also be coming to T.T. the Bear's in Cambridge next week. Maverick
Concerts and WMBR's "Late Riser's Club" have booked them for an experimental
festival, "Lollipopsandbooze," otherwise being dubbed the "Clash of the Indie
Rock Titans."
OK, we're all assaulted with weird names in this weirdest of summer concert
years, but next week will provide some genuine alternatives. The fest starts
tomorrow with Superchunk
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EVEN LAWYERS CAN FIND HARMONY THIS WEEKEND
Published on 07/13/1991. Article 105 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jeffrey Kantrowitz, Contributing Reporter
Lawyers will play Brahms at the Hatch Shell tonight at 8.
No kidding. The program also includes works by Dvorak, Grieg and Ravel.
Tonight's free concert is an attempt by the Boston Bar Association Orchestra
to make harmony "rather than being at each other's throats," as one organizer
put it. Sure, many of the musicians are amateurs, but Bostonians may come in
droves out of sheer wonder.
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ALL KINDS OF FOLK AT NEWPORT
FEST OFFERS A SMORGASBORD OF SOUND FOR FANS OF GOSPEL, ROCK AND
ZYDECO
Published on 08/12/1991. Article 106 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
NEWPORT, R.I. -- Is the Newport Folk Festival blessed?
"I don't ask any questions," said a smiling George Wein, producer of 29
Newport Folk Festivals dating back to 1959, Saturday afternoon. He said that
the festivals have historically endured little bad weather. "It was a little
tricky today. I had to have a lot of concentrated optimism."
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REGGAE PIONEER JIMMY CLIFF SOUNDS A WORLDLY NOTE
Published on 09/20/1991. Article 107 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff is not sitting still. Where many reggae acts
have become as predictable as classic rock bands, Cliff continues to change.
His latest venture is to fuse Jamaican reggae with Brazilian samba, forging an
upbeat sound that caught the Channel crowd of 1,100 by surprise Wednesday, but
quickly melted any resistance.
"You've got to keep extending. That's what it's all about. You can't drink
stagnant water," a jubilant Cliff said after his impressive two-hour shakeup.
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ON A MUSICAL MISSION FOR THE UNDERDOG
Published on 11/15/1991. Article 108 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Bruce Cockburn doesn't fool around. "Most of the album is first takes. I
really like it that way. It can sound too contrived any other way," Cockburn
says of the new "Nothing But a Burning Light," another strong entry in his
singer-songwriter career.
The Toronto-based Cockburn is a socially conscious singer known best for
his song of Central American anguish, "If I Had a Rocket Launcher." His new
album, backed by a tour landing at the Orpheum a week from tomorrow, continues
his mission to
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SUZANNE VEGA'S SURPRISING SONG
Published on 12/12/1991. Article 109 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Suzanne Vega is waxing philosophical. "You can try to craft a hit and have
nothing happen, or pour money into an album's production but it won't get
played," the singer says. "And then, you can get two kids in a bedroom who
slice up a song, spend $75 on it and it sells 3 million copies."
She should know.
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VEGA, MORRISSEY, COLVIN -- A TRIPLE TREAT
Published on 12/14/1991. Article 110 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
At first glance, it may seem odd that a bunch of musicians would band
together to host a benefit for a club. Musicians tend to do benefits for
causes. But Passim, the club in question here, is a cause, too. The tiny
Harvard Square space is one of the most noteworthy folk clubs in the country,
and the club's owners, Bob and Rae Ann Donlin, admit they're scrambling. This
year, said Rae Ann before last night's benefit show at the Orpheum, is the
first time in the 22 years they've owned the club tha
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RUSH RETURNS TO BUSINESS OF MAKING MUSIC
Published on 12/20/1991. Article 111 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Tom Rush woke up the music biz in the '80s, proving with his annual
Symphony Hall shows that acoustic music is alive and well -- and capable of
reaching a wide audience. Hailed as a prophet, he was credited with paving the
way for Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega, Bill Morrissey and others who brought new
life to the singer/songwriter field.
Rush, who plays another Symphony Hall show a week from Sunday, is finally
easing his folk lobbying effort to get back to the studio himself. He's making
a
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IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL AWARDS
Published on 12/27/1991. Article 112 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
Music Awards: Don't you just hate 'em?
In the olden days, there were just the Grammys, which was just fine with
rock 'n' rollers because absolutely no one gave a hoot about them. The Grammys
saluted old-school crooners and middle-of-the-road popsters and barely
recogzined that noisy upstart called rock 'n' roll. This was during most of
the 1980s. Then, a few years ago, the Grammys got hep and started nominating
folks like Metallica and Black Uhuru and Public Enemy. Whoo-eee.
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OPEN MIKE NIGHTS DRAW FOLK TALENT
Published on 01/16/1992. Article 113 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
A folk music underground still exists. It might not be as fruitful as the
days that Joan Baez and Tom Rush sang around town, or as fruitful as the days
that Tracy Chapman sang in Harvard Square. But there's always the chance that
another performer will pop out of the clubs to build a national presence.
To catch a glimpse of the next wave of singer-songwriters, there are
several open-mike folk nights around town. Naked City offers one every
Wednesday night at 107 Brighton Ave. in Brighton.
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TRUE ORIGINAL
BILL MORRISSEY
INSIDE
PHILO
Published on 01/23/1992. Article 114 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Bill Morrissey is New England's Townes Van Zandt. He sings of hard-earned
truths, hard-luck losses and the occasional glint of hope that makes it all
worthwhile. Morrissey is an idiosyn-
cratic folk singer, his voice exuding a twangy cadence that makes him a true
original, if somewhat of an acquired taste. His new album is another series of
painterly revelations, from the you-can't-go-home tone of "Man from Out of
Town" to the late-night anomie of "Inside," with Suzanne Vega adding a sof
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'LOST 45'S' LOSE OUT TO PROGRAM CHANGE
Published on 01/31/1992. Article 115 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Susan Bickelhaupt, Globe Staff
The Lost 45's are going to be even more lost when host Barry Scott airs
his last show Sunday at 8 p.m. on WZLX-FM (100.7). Bad ratings, you think?
Well, not exactly. It's more a matter of making Sunday night different -- but
not too different -- from the music the station plays the rest of the week.
Different is OK for Sunday night, virtually all programmers agree. After
all, during the week radio permeates everything from the ride to work to
background at the dry cleaners to the ride ho
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EVERYTHING'S FUNKY FOR MARKY MARK, EXTREME
RAITT, AEROSMITH ALSO EARN BOSTON MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS
Published on 03/06/1992. Article 116 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
A changing of the guard is reflected in this year's Boston Music Award
nominations. Rappers Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch -- heirs apparent to New
Kids on the Block mania -- lead with 10 nominations. Not far behind are
refreshing new hard-rockers Extreme, who scored eight in results announced
yesterday at the Wang Center.
Behind them are veterans Bonnie Raitt (five) and Aerosmith, Bell Biv DeVoe
and James Taylor (four apiece). Then two more newcomers -- Top 40 ace Stacy
Earl, who's in the r
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U2, NIRVANA TOP PHOENIX/WFNX MUSIC POLL
Published on 04/16/1992. Article 117 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
U2 and Nirvana were the big winners in the Boston Phoenix/WFNX Fourth
Annual Music Poll, announced last night at the Orpheum Theater.
U2, which captured four awards, is the top mainstream band to arise out of
what is now termed "alternative" rock; it was "new wave" back when U2 began
playing. Nirvana, which nailed down three awards, was the best-selling,
relatively new "alternative" rock band of 1991, and one of the hardest-edged
groups to ever hit the top of the charts. Both bands are ma
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PRODUCING THE BLUES
RON LEVY ALWAYS LOVED RECORDS -- NOW HE MAKES THEM HAPPEN
Published on 05/01/1992. Article 118 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Ron Levy knows the blues from every possible angle. "If I ever had to go
to court and needed a title, they'd probably call me a blues expert," he said
with a laugh from Memphis this week. "Yeah, that's what it would be. With my
experience at this point, I should be able to qualify."
And how.
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BRENDA, WE FORGIVE YOU
Published on 05/01/1992. Article 119 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Michael Blowen, Globe Staff
Brenda Lee, the singer who has said "I'm Sorry" more than Jimmy Swaggart,
has been an entertainer for more than 36 of her 48 years.
"I can't even guess at how many times I've sung that song," said the
diminutive star with the big voice from her home in Nashville. "I just don't
know. But I do know that I'll keep singing it as long as people are
listening."
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SOUND CHOICES
Published on 07/17/1992. Article 120 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
BECKONING FOLK FESTS: Two folk festivals hold allure this weekend,
assuming you've got the wheels to get there. The biggest Northeast bluegrass
festival is Winterhawk, staged at the scenic Rothvoss Farm off Route 22 in
Hillsdale, N.Y. Catch this bevy of acts: Alison Krauss & Union Station, Tony
Rice Unit, Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Nashville Bluegrass, Peter Rowan,
Hot Rize, Tony Trischka and the Austin Lounge Lizards. For info: 513-390-6211.
And the Hartland Folk Festival is at Berg Field
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CLANNAD SERVES UP SOUL MUSIC -- IRISH STYLE
Published on 07/24/1992. Article 121 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
The Irish music scene has jelled again this year through rockers U2 and the
haunting Enya, whose "Shepherd Moons" album is a substantial hit. Now hoping
to follow suit is Clannad, a band that's been around longer than either of
them. In fact, Clannad's singer is Maire Brennan, who is Enya's older sister.
"Enya was in Clannad for a year and a half, but she always wanted to go her
own way," Brennan says during a visit to New York. "We had started to use the
layered harmonies that she's now k
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U2'S FUTURE: WILL IT BE THE STUDIO OR MORE TOURS?
Published on 08/21/1992. Article 122 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
WASHINGTON -- The day after playing RFK Stadium U2 bassist Adam Clayton
races around his hotel suite. He's just showered, shaved and is ready to light
a cigarette. He turns down the booming bass volume on his portable CD player
-- he's listening to a Deee-Lite record -- and mulls over U2's future. The
band will continue to play stadiums into the fall (they conclude their Foxboro
stand tomorrow and Sunday), then face a decision for next year.
"I don't know what we are going to do," Clayton
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I WAS JUST THINKING. . .
Published on 09/06/1992. Article 123 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Alex Beam, Globe Staff
That it would be much easier to toss off a stack of quickie items and
smart-alecky one-liners than churn out another column. You-know-who did it all
the time.
Too bad the city's retirement board didn't go along with the Boston Police
Patrolmen's Association and dump its $3.5 million worth of Time-Warner stock
to protest rapper Ice-T's song "Cop Killer." The stock -- a notorious dog to
begin with -- has sunk five points since the BPPA made its savvy sell call.
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COLOR IT SPOTTY
Published on 09/13/1992. Article 124 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
The summer pop season ended with an avalanche of big names sweeping through
New England -- U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, James
Taylor, the B-52's, the Allman Brothers, the Black Crowes. All of their shows
were sellouts or near-sellouts, affirming their heavyweight status while
taking millions of dollars out of consumer pockets. Is it any wonder that
autumn will have a tough act to follow?
"Can't we still talk about the summer of '92 instead of the fall of '92?"
asks Da
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TOP 10 RECORDS OF 92
Published on 12/17/1992. Article 125 of 228 found.
This was a year in which record labels tried to ambush us with mega-
contracted superstars, from Madonna to Michael Jackson. But much of the hype
fell on deaf ears.
The better records came from savvy veterans such as Neil Young, Eric
Clapton, Annie Lennox, Gilberto Gil, k. d. lang, Prince, John Gorka, Peter
Gabriel, Shirley Horn and Tom Waits. It was a big year for women. It was a big
year for world music. It was a big year for Seattle rock, Cuban jazz and
high-tech soul.
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FEELING NOSTALGIC FOR PUNK? RHINO HAS A DEAL FOR YOU
Published on 01/01/1993. Article 126 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
Fifteen years ago, it was a common joke in punk and new wave circles.
Imagine if this fresh, raw stuff -- punk rockers like "Anarchy in the UK"
''New Rose," "Oh Bondage! Up Yours!" and "Orgasm Addict" -- got repackaged in
some cheesy future K-Tel collection. "Yes," the Don Pardo- esque announcer
would proclaim on late-night TV, "All your favorites from that wild and wacky
new wave era all in one place!"
That future is now -- well, Jan. 20. But it's not on K-Tel. And it's not
cheesy. Rhino,
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RELENTLESSLY ENJOYABLE ZEVON; ANNOYING AUDIENCE
Published on 01/16/1993. Article 127 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
Warren Zevon, speaking after his soldout set at the Paradise Thursday
night, didn't frame it as a conflict between his musical intentions and his
audience's near-constant nattering. The singer-songwriter-guitarist-pianist
saw it as a battle between himself and his keyboard sound.
"I had so much trouble," said Zevon after his hour-and-45-minute show.
''The piano was a catastrophe. I'm glad the crowd was with me. There was a
level of enthusiasm they manifested, even if they yammered at the q
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NO STOPPING ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
Published on 02/26/1993. Article 128 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
LOS ANGELES -- What a week it's been for Arrested Development, the socially
conscious Southern rappers. First, they won the Village Voice critics' poll of
200 music critics nationwide. Then they took home two Grammys on Wednesday --
for best new artist (a rap act had never won that before) and best rap
performance by a duo or group for their hit, "Tennessee."
New blood, as represented by Arrested Development, helped break the baby-
boomer stranglehold of this year's awards, which Eric Clap
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BOBBY BROWN TOPS BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS
LEMONHEADS, HATFIELD, EXTREME, METHENY, BBD ALSO SCORE
Published on 03/05/1993. Article 129 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
A bad year for Boston music? That's the common gripe around town, but it's
not borne out by the latest nominations for the Pepsi Boston Music Awards.
Rock elders Aerosmith took the year off to make an album, while rock upstarts
Extreme didn't set the world on fire as expected. But this year's nominees
show a stunning rise in new blood -- and a reminder of just how many acts have
Boston roots, from R&B star Bobby Brown to jazz perennial Pat Metheny.
Brown leads the way with 10 nominations,
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Published on 04/08/1993. Article 130 of 228 found.
ACT OF THE YEAR: Bobby Brown
RISING STAR: Charles & Eddie
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WIDESPREAD PANIC? NOT TO WORRY
Published on 05/14/1993. Article 131 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Neo-hippie. It's a term often used to describe new, jam-oriented bands such
as the Spin Doctors, Phish, Widespread Panic and Blues Traveler -- all of whom
played the H.O.R.D.E. (Horizons of Rock Developing Everywhere) tour last
summer.
"Neo-hippie? It's just a label. I tend not to think along those lines,"
says John Bell, singer/guitarist with Widespread Panic, which headlines Avalon
tomorrow. "I just know that the people who travel to see our shows tend to
dress more colorfully. There
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CORRECTION
Published on 09/03/1993. Article 132 of 228 found.
CORRECTION: Because of incorrect information submitted to the Globe,
yesterday's Calendar published the wrong telephone number for a Sept. 10
concert with Cheryl Wheeler and Bill Morrissey at the South Shore Folk Music
Club in Kingston. The correct number is 871-1052.
LAWLOR;09/01 NIGRO ;09/03,09:38 CORREC03
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SWINGING STEAKS' NEW DISC IS A GEM
Published on 09/03/1993. Article 133 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Amid a flurry of new Boston record deals, the most intriguing may be the
signing of the Swinging Steaks to Capricorn Records -- the Southern record
label that put the Allman Brothers on the map. The Steaks are a country-rock
band -- rare enough in Boston -- and they're the first New England act ever
signed to Capricorn, which started in Macon, Ga., but is now based in
Nashville.
The Steaks' new album, "Southside of the Sky," comes out Sept. 14. Pure and
simple, it's a gem. The group rereco
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A SELECTION OF THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
Published on 01/07/1994. Article 134 of 228 found.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
RECORD OF THE YEAR: "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)," Peabo Bryson and
Regina Belle, producer Walter Afanasieff; "I Will Always Love You," Whitney
Houston, producer David Foster; "The River of Dreams," Billy Joel, producers
Dan Kortchmar and Joe Nicolo; "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You," Sting,
producers Hugh Padgham and Sting; "Harvest Moon," Neil Young, producers Neil
Young and Ben Keith.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: "Kamakiriad," Donald Fagen, producer Walter Becker;
''The Bodyguard," Whitne
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STING, JOEL, HOUSTON LEAD GRAMMY RACE
Published on 01/07/1994. Article 135 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
It shouldn't come as a shock. Grammy voters took a safe course again this
year by choosing familiarity over controversy. Generally ignoring rap, grunge
and hip-hop acts, the voters gave most key Grammy nominations to established
mainstream singers such as Sting, Billy Joel and Whitney Houston.
Sting led yesterday's Grammy nominations with six, while Joel and Houston
had four apiece. Each will compete for the prestigious album of the year and
record (single) of the year.
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MODEST MORRISSEY
Published on 01/13/1994. Article 136 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
It was a sort of normal night at the Homegrown Coffee House at the First
Parish Church in Needham. Carrot cake was eaten, coffee was drunk and more
than 240 people battled the aftermath of the storm to pack the church and hear
folk music. But, for Bill Morrissey, it was his first gig after he and Greg
Brown were nominated for a Grammy in Best Traditional Folk Album for "Friend
of Mine." Morrissey was doing what he often does -- mixing wit and poignancy,
spinning subtle tales of relationships go
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NIRVANA, BREEDERS, PEARL JAM TOP 'FNX POLL
Published on 02/08/1994. Article 137 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Michael Saunders, Globe Staff
Pearl Jam, the Breeders and Nirvana each received four nominations in the
Sixth Annual Phoenix/WFNX Best Music Poll listener-reader balloting released
yesterday.
Both Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and Kurt Cobain of Nirvana are in the
running for best national male vocalist, along with Evan Dando of the
Lemonheads, Aerosmith lip man Steven Tyler and Peter Gabriel.
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SIX CHILDREN FOUND LIVING IN FILTH, MOTHER FACES CHARGES
Published on 02/13/1994. Article 138 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By James Vaznis, Contributing Reporter
A Roxbury mother was arrested on a variety of charges last night after
police found her six children suffering from malnutrition and kept in a room
strewn with human feces, according to police officials.
One of the children had suffered severe burns that are considered life-
threatening, said police, and all six were being treated at Children's
Hospital for malnutrition.
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ROXBURY NEGLECT SHAKES OFFICERS
BOY'S HANDS BURNED ALMOST 'TO THE BONE'
Published on 02/14/1994. Article 139 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By James Vaznis, Contributing Reporter
Boston Police Sgt. David Aldrich said yesterday that even veteran officers
were shocked Saturday night when they found a 4-year-old boy, who had third-
degree burns to his hands, lying on a mattress soaked with his own blood,
urine and human feces in a Roxbury housing development.
"They couldn't believe anyone could do this to a 4-year-old child,"
Aldrich said. "They were pretty shook up."
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THE GRAMMY GUESSING GAME
DON'T EXPECT A SWEEP THIS TIME AROUND
Published on 02/25/1994. Article 140 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Last year, it was easy. You knew Eric Clapton was going to cart off a bunch
of Grammy awards for his best-selling "Unplugged" album. Nor was it a shock
when everyone's favorite blues survivor, Bonnie Raitt, pulled off her Grammy
sweep a few years ago.
But this year?
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MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES: AEROSMITH TO STRIP MIND
Published on 03/04/1994. Article 141 of 228 found.
Nominees for the Boston Music Awards:
1. Act of the Year
Aerosmith; Belly; Bobby Brown; The Juliana Hatfield Three; The Lemonheads;
Pat Metheny Group
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BAY'S CD SIDE
WITH STRAWBERRIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MUSIC STORE COMPETITION CLIMBS TO
RECORD HEIGHTS
Published on 04/02/1994. Article 142 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Renee Graham, Globe Staff
It's been nearly 17 years since James Brusell bought his first record album
at Strawberries' old Boylston Street store. Brusell was 16, the album was
Steely Dan's "Aja" and Strawberries was a Boston institution, the city's
biggest, hippest record store.
Brusell is now 33 with two children of his own, Steely Dan broke up (but
recently reunited) and compact discs have replaced albums. But there was
Brusell yesterday, grinning like a kid, and back in Strawberries, which has
finally found it
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FROM DIVINITY SCHOOL, TO BUSINESS SCHOOL, TO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
Published on 05/04/1994. Article 143 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By David Nyhan, Globe Staff
The renewal of a spent political party takes as much time and tilling as
growing a fresh crop of grain from worn-out pasture. It always begins in the
ground, at the roots.
Among Massachusetts' dispirited Democrats, the most articulate rationale
for reform comes from a rookie running for lieutenant governor. Robert Massie,
37, of Somerville was born with hemophilia, which prevents normal blood-
clotting. He spent his youth in New York wrestling with cumbersome leg braces,
wheelchairs, the
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SOUND CHOICES
Published on 06/03/1994. Article 144 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
IF YOU'RE UP FOR SHARP 'n' tart singer-songwriters, you can score a
trifecta this weekend: The Roches and Loudon Wainwright III at Sanders Theatre
tonight, Bill Morrissey at the Vienna Kaffehaus tomorrow and Michelle Shocked
at the Middle East Downstairs Sunday. If you're wondering whether the prime
no-pretenses-mess-of-an-'80s-new-wave-party band, the Fleshtones, can cut it
in 1994, get to Man Ray in Cambridge's Central Square tomorrow night. Or zip
across the street to the Middle East Downsta
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BIG-CITY 'FOLKS' FLOCK TO SUBURBIA
Published on 07/28/1994. Article 145 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Acoustic stars Jonathan Edwards, Laura Nyro and Tish Hinosoja were there
last weekend. That's an impressive lineup for any coffeehouse, but even more
impressive since it was at the outlying Old Vienna Kaffeehaus in Westborough
about 30 miles west of Boston. The club is in deep-deep suburbia, yet boasts a
folk schedule that's better than most big-city coffeehouses.
"My agent told me I'd just be doing civic centers on this tour. I guess
this is the Westborough Civic Center, right?" Edwards sa
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WHO ON THE ROAD BUT NOT TOGETHER
Published on 07/29/1994. Article 146 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse,Globe Staff
Townshend, Daltrey and Entwistle. The names are familiar because they were
the backbone of The Who -- the Brit superstars who started as garage-rock
punks and ended up doing the refined rock opera, "Tommy." The three names are
back on the road, but now under a different, post-Who configuration.
Roger Daltrey is touring with John Entwistle ("that chemistry remains the
same," said Daltrey), but Pete Townshend has opted to stay with his "Tommy"
projects on Broadway and elsewhere. He's replace
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DAVID LEE ROTH BACK IN CLUBS, NOT CARNIVAL
Published on 09/16/1994. Article 147 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
Is the mouth that roared throughout the 1980s any more humble in the 1990s?
David Lee Roth is, after all, not playing arenas, but clubs -- Hampton Beach
Casino tonight and Avalon next Friday.
Ha ha ha. "People are moving to smaller venues," explains the ex-Van Halen
singer, touring behind the funky-but-chic "Your Filthy Little Mouth." ''There
is a tighter dollar, the economy being in the shambles it is, but in fact I
think this is just a case of people not tolerating mediocre stagecraft
a
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HOT LICKS SHOOT SPARKS: TWO NEW GUITARISTS JOIN THE BOSTON PANTHEON
Published on 10/21/1994. Article 148 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Boston is a guitar town. Many great guitarists call this region home -- Joe
Perry of Aerosmith, Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme, J. Geils, Pat Metheny, Tom
Scholz of the band Boston, Eliot Easton of the Cars, Ronnie Earl, Rich Gilbert
and jazz artist Mick Goodrick, to name a few.
It's time to add two more to the list -- Duke Levine and Jon Finn. Both
have new albums and release parties in the week ahead with their all-
instrumental bands. And both are already earning well-deserved national
att
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NEW ENGLAND MORES TRIED AND TRUE
Published on 11/27/1994. Article 149 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Royal Ford, Globe Staff
CONCORD, N.H. -- Bill Morrissey, working boats on a distant coast and
homesick for New England, picked up a barroom telephone one night and dialed
an operator in New Hampshire. Later, he wrote a song about that spasm of
Louisiana loneliness, how he'd called "Just to hear the operator . . . talk
the way I used to."
The New England singer-songwriter's tale of longing for home speaks to ties
that bind Americans to this region -- Americans who, in the words of Jud Hale,
editor of Yankee magazi
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STUPIDITY HAS KILLED RAP IN BOSTON
Published on 12/23/1994. Article 150 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Michael Saunders, Globe Staff
Order the flowers and cue the choir because rap is officially dead in
Boston.
There was no prolonged dirge, no extended wails of regret, only just a
couple of gunshots and a few screams at a crowded show last Friday. Time of
death was 11:30 p.m., when a 21-year-old Jamaica Plain man was shot in the
legs during a face-off between rival gangs. He is recovering, although his
pain, and the repercussions from the shooting, will probably linger for years.
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GOD STREET WINE TAKE THEIR JAZZY JAMMING ON THE ROAD
Published on 01/13/1995. Article 151 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
The members of God Street Wine are "not the next free-form, tofu-eating
'60s revivalists," says singer Lo Faber. The group gets lumped in that
category anyway, since they've got a jam-band image similar to that of the
Grateful Dead. But, in truth, there's no telling where God Street Wine will
flow.
"We reserve the right to do anything . . . I guess you could say we play a
schizophrenic set list," says Faber, whose hard-working group plays 200-plus
shows a year and headlines Avalon on Jan.
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REMEMBERING KING, BRINGING IN THE BOAR
Published on 01/14/1995. Article 152 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Bruce McCabe, Globe Staff
If he hadn't been assassinated April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr.
would have been 66 tomorrow.
He's being celebrated more than ever in the area in which he went to
college, and he's especially being celebrated in song, particularly gospel
music, which will ring to the rafters in assorted venues this weekend.
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PASSIM'S SECOND NIGHT IS FULL OF WIT AND STARS
Published on 01/21/1995. Article 153 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
It was the second night of Passim's 25th Anniversary Benefit concert, and
the four-act (plus two surprise guests) folk show at the Orpheum Theater was,
in many ways, a Bob & Rae Anne Donlin lovefest. But, as the folks on stage
tended to have sharp wits about them, affection for the Donlins, who've run
Passim all these years, could be in the form of a gentle jab.
Opener Ellis Paul joked about his initial Passim booking as being "the
opener for the opener of an opener," only to find himself
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THE NIELDS SHINE AT PASSIM'S BENEFIT
Published on 01/22/1995. Article 154 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
It was the second night of Passim's 25th Anniversary Benefit concert, and
the four-act (plus two surprise guests) folk show at the Orpheum Theater was,
in many ways, a Bob & Rae Ann Donlin lovefest. But as the folks on stage
tended to have sharp wits about them, affection for the Donlins, who've run
Passim all these years, could be in the form of a gentle jab.
Opener Ellis Paul joked about his initial Passim booking as being "the
opener for the opener of an opener," only to find himself c
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ROUNDER MARKS 25TH WITH VINTAGE CUTS
Published on 02/05/1995. Article 155 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
The reality is this: Most record labels live and die by the latest trends,
the latest radio formats, the latest ways to make a quick buck. Those
principles certainly guide the accountant-driven major labels in New York and
Los Angeles.
But they have never pertained to Cambridge's feisty Rounder Records, which
has been based on personal taste since its inception 25 years ago. "We go by
what we like. We haven't felt pressured by the demands of the industry," says
Ken Irwin, a Tufts Universit
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CLEO TOPS PHOENIX/WFNX BEST MUSIC POLL NOMINEES
Published on 03/07/1995. Article 156 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
Dave Herlihy, singer-guitarist for longtime Boston faves, the now-defunct O
Positive, walked into Avalon last night, fresh from a conclave of
entertainment lawyers -- which is what Herlihy also is. Soon after he walked
in, his name flashed up on the video screen, a nominee for Best Male Vocalist.
"I had no idea!" exclaimed Herlihy, who has, with his band been perennial
favorites at the Boston Phoenix/WFNX Best Music Polls. "I mean, the band broke
up."
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STARRING WITH STREEP: BERKSHIRES BASK IN HOLLYWOOD GLOW
Published on 03/15/1995. Article 157 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Ellen O'Brien, Contributing Reporter
LEE -- The morning sun sneaked behind the First Congregational Church,
slipped past Memorial Hall and rose behind the Morgan House restaurant,
casting shadows across the town common. Children laughed, tumbling over one
another in the new snow.
The kids were hired extras, who frolicked under a large microphone, and
some of that snow was made by the Rondeau Ice Co., but the rest of the scene
was as true as the fact that you can still get a 15-cent cup of coffee at
McClelland drugstore.
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SLASH: CUTTING TRACKS IN THE SNAKEPIT
Published on 04/07/1995. Article 158 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Slash is having a ball. On leave from Guns N' Roses, he's marauding through
the clubs again, laying waste to a whole new generation of rockers. And he's
headed to Boston on April 15. What better way to spend tax day than with
Slash?
"The kids are right there in front of me," says Slash, who plays Axis that
night with his new side-project band, the Snakepit. "It's way more personal
than playing stadiums with Guns N' Roses. It's a huge release for me -- very
liberating. And it's nice to know
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INDIGO GIRLS, PUENTE TOP FESTS' LISTS
Published on 05/11/1995. Article 159 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
John Hiatt, the Indigo Girls, Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman are some of the
acts set for the Ben & Jerry's Newport Folk Festival this summer. And for jazz
lovers, Ray Charles, Tito Puente and Grover Washington Jr. are coming to the
JVC Jazz Festival-Newport this year. The lineups so far:
- Newport Folk Festival -- Aug. 4 at the Newport Casino, International
Tennis Hall of Fame: Rounder Records' 25th anniversary celebration with Bill
Morrissey, Cheryl Wheeler and Carol Noonan; Aug. 5 at Fort A
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SOUND CHOICES
Published on 06/16/1995. Article 160 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
FINE FOLK: The easy-reading, easy-rolling New England Folk Almanac
celebrates its fifth birthday with a scintillating festival in Cambridge this
Sunday. Bill Morrissey is even cutting short a fishing trip to make it (and
that's a serious endorsement from him). The action will take place at two
sites -- at Club Passim in the afternoon (starting at 3) and the First Parish
Unitarian Church up the street from 7 to 11 p.m. Performers shuttling between
both sites include some of the class acts of th
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DRAGON BOATS AFLOAT, FAIRS AND REVELS
Published on 06/17/1995. Article 161 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Bruce McCabe, Globe Staff
Fairs and festivals continue to head the weekend agenda as we bear down on
summer and the big heat.
A big event today is the Boston Dragon Boat Festival, a spectacle in which
lavishly decorated dragon boats from Hong Kong and 24 teams of Bostonians meet
for a competitive race on the Charles River.
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THE FRIENDLY FOLK AT ROUNDER RECORDS
Published on 06/23/1995. Article 162 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
No one is perfect. And no record label is perfect, though judging from
this film, Cambridge's Rounder Records is as close to perfect as a label can
get. "True Believers" is an unashamedly positive, but still highly
entertaining, film about a label started by folk idealists who often led with
their hearts, not their bank accounts.
Rounder is celebrating its 25th anniversary since being founded by Tufts
University graduates who fell under the spell of Southern blues and bluegrass,
then othe
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PLAN YOUR ESTATE NOW: DEADLINE LOOMS FOR US ALL
Published on 07/13/1995. Article 163 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Charles A. Jaffe, Globe Staff
There is only one absolute truism when it comes to money:
You can't take it with you.
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NEWPORT'S STAYING POWER
THE FOLK FESTIVAL KEEPS UP WITH THE CHANGING TIMES
Published on 08/04/1995. Article 164 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
When Joan Baez first played the Newport Folk Festival, she says, "I was so
scared I was shaking in my sandals." That was way back in 1959 at "the
beginning of time, before they made guitars," she says with a laugh. Still,
like artists from the Indigo Girls to Bill Morrissey, Baez keeps coming back,
not for old times' sake but because Newport remains among the most respected
festivals in the acoustic universe.
"It still has the mystique. It's a great crossroad for older groups and
up-and-c
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THUMBS DOWN ON SOME OF THESE RULES
Published on 08/17/1995. Article 165 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Charles A. Jaffe, Globe Staff
There are more than 6,500 mutual funds to choose from.
Interest rates seem to change hourly -- some going up, others down.
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MAKING SURE THAT CAT CAN INDEED HUNT
Published on 08/24/1995. Article 166 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Charles A. Jaffe, Globe Staff
If you are trying to catch mice, you shouldn't care whether the cat is
black or white.
The only thing that matters is whether the cat hunts.
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'CROSS THAT BORDER INTO N.H. AND THE BLOOD PRESSURE GOES DOWN . . .'
Published on 09/10/1995. Article 167 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Philip Bennett, Globe Staff
Bill Morrissey, a songwriter and folk singer, has been compared to the best
New England poets. His songs about the working-class mill towns of the North
are in the plain language of places he knows; his characters are on intimate
terms with loss, daily heroic compromise, and redemption. In 1994, an album
Morrissey recorded with his friend Greg Brown was nominated for a Grammy
Award.
Morrissey grew up in Acton, Mass., and Hartford. He worked jobs across the
region before supporting himself
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AVOID COMMON ERRORS WHEN BUYING FINANCIAL HELP
Published on 10/12/1995. Article 168 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Charles A. Jaffe, Globe Staff
One of the hackneyed expressions financial advisers use to sell their
services goes like this: "People don't plan to fail, they fail to plan."
The truth is that a lot of people do both.
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JUST IN TIME FOR YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING ...
OUR CRITICS PICK THE BEST CD'S OF 1995
Published on 12/07/1995. Article 169 of 228 found.
It's been a wild -- and more than a little crazy -- year in music.
Thousands of record releases came and went without a trace. MTV couldn't play
everything. Nor could radio. And music critics, no matter how dedicated, could
barely scratch the surface of today's product-saturated market. Still, there
have been some significant trends that have shaped the following Top 10 lists.
Rock 'n' roll found an experimental edge in the Smashing Pumpkins, P.J.
Harvey and Neil Young's collaboration wit
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BOOKMAKING
Published on 04/07/1996. Article 170 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Robert Taylor
The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters will honor David Herbert
Donald (``Lincoln''), professor of American history and civilization at
Harvard University, at its annual awards dinner April 19 in Oxford. The
honorees were chosen by out-of-state judges with no ties to Mississippi. The
roster also includes Lewis Nordan (fiction -- ``The Sharpshooter Blues''),
Laurence M. Oden (music -- ``Mary Queen of Scotland''), painter Charles
Carraway (visual arts) and Milly Moorhead (photography).
Establi
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DONNY'S HOME ON THE HILL
Published on 04/19/1996. Article 171 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Susan Bickelhaupt and Maureen Dezell, Globe Staff
Well, he's probably not wearing his Technicolor dreamcoat around the house,
but we hear that Donny Osmond is living in nice digs at the Admiral Hill condo
complex in Chelsea. It must be a good neighborhood, since a couple of Celtic
players live around there, too.
Career moves with bite
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WRKO ROCKS BACK THE CLOCK THIS WEEKEND
Published on 07/04/1996. Article 172 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Susan Bickelhaupt, Globe Staff
If you tune into WRKO-AM (680) today, and are scratching your head because
it sounds like the all-talk station has changed formats, it has . . . well,
temporarily, anyway.
Talkmaster Howie Carr started things rolling last night at 6 p.m. with a
monologue wondering what the station was up to. Then it was on to the
``new/old'' format, with a playlist of hits from 1968. (Howie kicked it off
with a Doors song.)
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FAMILIES NEED TO TALK MONEY
Published on 08/12/1996. Article 173 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Charles A. Jaffe, Globe Staff
There is no easy way to talk to your parents about money.
As a child, money talk generally consists of trying to get an advance on
the allowance or a few bucks to go to the movies.
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RUSH BUCKS TRENDS TO DELIVER FOR FANS
Published on 11/01/1996. Article 174 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Trends come and go, but Rush remains. The Canadian power trio has bashed
away for 20-plus years and has no plans to stop now, despite a radio climate
seen as inhospitable to veteran bands. So what else is new?
``Rock music is very fragmented these days, but we've always stood outside
the mainstream anyway,'' Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson said yesterday. ``We've
had the benefit of a great, very loyal fan base, so we haven't had to
compromise ourselves. With every record we make, we try to move forward
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BULL RUN ON FOLK CONCERT MAP
Published on 01/23/1997. Article 175 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Folk music fans are lamenting the recent end of shows at the Old Vienna
Kaffeehaus. But ready to pick up the suburban slack is the Bull Run -- a
beautifully preserved, pre-Revolutionary War restaurant and bar in Shirley.
Its back room seats 325 for concerts -- almost triple the size of the Old
Vienna. And the Bull Run, despite its remote location, has already had a busy,
two-year folk run with bookings of Bill Morrissey, Ellis Paul, Martin Sexton
and other luminaries.
``With the demise of the Old Vie
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MORPHINE TAKES LOW, SLOW ROAD TO SUCCESS
Published on 03/07/1997. Article 176 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
CAMBRIDGE -- Morphine singer Mark Sandman is munching a falafel sandwich at
the Middle East, the scene of many Morphine shows through the years. Sandman
is a casual kind of guy, so casual that you'd hardly believe that Morphine has
become a globally successful band that regularly plays in Europe and Japan and
is hoping to tour South America soon.
``It's all basically been very gradual -- and that's what's been good about
it,'' says Sandman. His group has a new album, ``Like Swimming,'' which will
sw
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VIC CHESNUTT ON THE VERGE
PART FOLKIE, PART ROCKER, THE CULT HERO READIES HIS MAJOR-LABEL DEBUT
Published on 03/14/1997. Article 177 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
Vic Chesnutt's a bit of a folkie, a bit of a poet, a bit of a rocker. He
can be acerbic and scary, funny and disarming, dark and morose. His star is on
the rise, in a manner of speaking.
When he and his three bandmates come to the Paradise tomorrow night, he
says that they will ``rock as far as we can. Which probably isn't saying very
much. People say `low-fi' a lot about us, but I think that just means we're
not really slick. I mean, I play a vintage Fender guitar through a tiny amp
and I use a
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JEOPARDIZING RETIREMENT
Published on 03/24/1997. Article 178 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Charles A. Jaffe, Globe Staff
Next month, former heavyweight champion boxer George Foreman is going to
climb back into the ring to fight again.
Foreman, 48, can cite all kinds of reasons for his decision, from one more
shot at a title to the $4 million paycheck to loving the limelight, but it may
all boil down to something he said several years ago.
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MEREDITH BROOKS: LATEST POP METEOR?
Published on 05/02/1997. Article 179 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
CAMBRIDGE -- Meredith Brooks blows into the room, wearing a black,
ornately feathered coat that looks borrowed from Janis Joplin. ``Janis is one
of my influences,'' says Brooks, a proudly bohemian rocker who hails from
Corvallis, Ore., but is now a citizen of the world.
It is a world in which the unexpected is commonplace. Take the song
``Bitch.'' It's the most requested rock radio song in the city -- and is
sweeping the country. Sings Brooks in a bold, Alanis Morissette style: ``I'm a
bitch, I'm
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BOOKMAKING
ON THIS WEEK'S LITERARY CALENDAR:
Published on 05/04/1997. Article 180 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Robert Taylor
Today: A fund-raiser celebrates Northwest Cambridge at the Brickyard
Atrium, 90 Sherman St., from 3 to 7 p.m. Readings by Justin Kaplan, Anne
Bernays, Stephen McCauley, and others. . . . Vermont author Howard Frank
Mosher signs his ``North Country'' at the Northshire Bookstore, Manchester,
Vt., from 3 to 4 p.m. . . . Poets Adelle Leiblein and Valerie Nash read at 3
p.m. at the Concord Public Library. . . . ``Where Fiction Goes from Here,'' a
PEN New England panel discussion with Elizabeth McCracken, Geor
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BOOKMAKING
ON THIS WEEK'S LITERARY CALENDAR:
Published on 05/04/1997. Article 181 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Robert Taylor
Today: A fund-raiser celebrates Northwest Cambridge at the Brickyard
Atrium, 90 Sherman St., from 3 to 7 p.m. Readings by Justin Kaplan, Anne
Bernays, Stephen McCauley, and others. . . . Vermont author Howard Frank
Mosher signs his ``North Country'' at the Northshire Bookstore, Manchester,
Vt., from 3 to 4 p.m. . . . Poets Adelle Leiblein and Valerie Nash read at 3
p.m. at the Concord Public Library. . . . ``Where Fiction Goes from Here,'' a
PEN New England panel discussion with Elizabeth McCracken, Geor
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MILESTONES IN YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE
Published on 06/16/1997. Article 182 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Charles A. Jaffe, Globe Staff
Another birthday snuck up on me last week.
Each year, it brings a reminder of how quickly life passes by and how
much unfinished business I have to take care of.
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A PERSONAL DISASTER FUND
Published on 10/20/1997. Article 183 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Charles A. Jaffe, Globe Staff
Financial disasters come in many different forms.
In the case of my own family, the calamity last month was a 1986 red and
brown Chevy van whose driver apparently never saw us.
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THE FOLK WORLD'S GENDER GAP
WHY WOMEN ARE DOMINATING TODAY'S SINGER-SONGWRITER FIELD
Published on 11/30/1997. Article 184 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
Is the male singer-songwriter an endangered species? Women songwriters are
dominating the pop landscape as never before, from Jewel on the cover of Time
to the astonishing success of the Lilith Fair, a tour of women songwriters
that played to half a million people and grossed more than $15 million. But
the male singer-songwriter that so monopolized the last great folk revival
seems almost invisible outside the small, subcultural world of coffeehouses
and independent, acoustic record labels.
This i
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ED GERHARD
COUNTING THE WAYS
VIRTUE RECORDS
Published on 12/04/1997. Article 185 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By David W. Johnson, Globe Correspondent
New Hampshire acoustic guitarist Ed Gerhard has paid more than his share of
dues. Apprenticing as a roadie for Tom Rush, Gerhard moved on to produce Bill
Morrissey's second album and tour with Arlo Guthrie. Now he's showcasing at
the Folk Alliance conference in
Toronto, unveiling a signature guitar by a major manufacturer, and receiving
national coverage in the acoustic music field. ``Counting the Ways'' is an
unabashedly romantic album Gerhard has been playing for several years -- a
theme CD to join
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PLENTY OF WAYS TO CELEBRATE
ACROSS STATE, FIRST NIGHT IS FIRST CHOICE
Published on 12/28/1997. Article 186 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By D. Quincy Whitney, Globe Correspondent
You can watch the New Year take flight in a hot air balloon in Concord or
Manchester. You can glide into the New Year on ice skates, follow a historic
walking tour, or amble through a giant maze in Portsmouth. In Keene, you can
run into the New Year, cast your woes into a Resolution Bonfire, or make a
quilt. In Wolfeboro, you can go on a clue chase or listen to a jazz
interactive concert. And in Claremont, you can ride in a horse-drawn wagon or
rollerskate into the New Year.
First Night fever is sp
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HERDMAN ENTHRALLS CROWD WITH PLAIN-SPUN PURITY
Published on 01/27/1998. Article 187 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
WATERTOWN -- There are singers today who are grander and more dazzling,
certainly many who are glitzier. But few vocalists are as purely comfortable
to hear as folk singer Priscilla Herdman. Saturday, she held an overflow crowd
enthralled with her plain-spun songs and gorgeously honest soprano.
At the center of her charms is that voice. To many, she is the Joan Baez of
the post-'60s folk music generation. Like Baez's, her voice is miraculously
pure and effortlessly beautiful, a voice that immediate
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THIRD EYE BLIND HIGH IN POP WHIRL
Published on 02/27/1998. Article 188 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
Atruism in the pop world: You might be able to make your debut album sound
the way you want it to, but once you cast it out in the world, you never know,
nor can you control, who your fans are going be.
Consider: Third Eye Blind, a San Franciscan quartet that scored big out of
the box last year with their eponymous CD and its first single, ``Semi-Charmed
Life.'' The catchy song sounded upbeat enough, but it roamed some rough
lyrical terrain, including the perils of falling for someone who's crazy
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MARC COHN RETURNS WITH CD FORGED BY FIRE
Published on 03/13/1998. Article 189 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Four years is an eternity in the music business. Marc Cohn has waited that
long between albums, yet doesn't regret it. Cohn, who won the best new artist
Grammy in 1991 based on his hit ``Walking in Memphis,'' followed that with his
``Rainy Season'' CD in 1994. But he's been absent since then largely due to
personal matters -- namely, the breakup of his marriage, which prompted a
heightened role in parenting his two young children.
``For a long time, I never thought about music one way or the other.
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THE WAIT IS ON AT WINNIPESAUKEE
THOUSANDS GUESS LAKE'S `ICE-OUT'
Published on 03/15/1998. Article 190 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Lois R. Shea, Globe Staff
LACONIA, N.H.-- Sniff the wind, place your bets -- then sit back and watch
the ice melt.
Around most water bodies in New England, the melting of ice is a quiet
harbinger of spring. On New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, ice-out is an
event. Radio stations and newspapers hold contests, inviting people to make
predictions on when the ice will give way on the big lake. From Laconia to
Alton Bay to Wolfeboro to Meredith, ice-out is the talk around bridge tables,
at diners, and in country stores.
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CATCHING THE FOLK WAVE
TODAY'S BOSTON SCENE IS BIGGER THAN EVER - AND THEY'RE SINGING ABOUT YOU
Published on 03/26/1998. Article 191 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
These are the good old days for folk music, especially in Boston. Never
before have there been so many folk clubs in the area offering such a vast,
dizzyingly diverse array of styles, genres, sub-genres, and ethnic flavors --
from edgy, urban songwriters to twangy old-timey string bands, fiery Celtic
bands to smooth jazz-folk acts.
David Tamulevich, who covers the northeast for Fleming-Tamulevich, the
nation's largest folk talent agency, calls Boston and its suburban coffeehouse
circuit the healthi
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CUNNINGHAM FINDS A FIDDLER'S DREAM JOB
Published on 07/10/1998. Article 192 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
If you ask where to find Scotland's finest fiddler, many Celtic music fans
will not send you traipsing the highlands or trawling the pubs of Edinburgh,
but down a narrow street in New Bedford to the home of Johnny Cunningham.
As a member of the bands Silly Wizard, Relativity, Nightnoise, and the
Rain Dogs, he has played a tremendous role in igniting the current Celtic
music revival. But these days, he is simply too busy to be a star. He jigs
and reels happily from one project to the next, as
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GEORGE THOROGOOD KICKS BACK INTO GEAR
Published on 07/17/1998. Article 193 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Conversing with George Thorogood is like riding a runaway stagecoach. Be
prepared for some wild one-liners. ``Rock 'n' roll never sleeps. It just
passes out,'' Thorogood says with a laugh from Los Angeles. Then this
admission: ``People used to say I was a maverick and that I did things my own
way. Hey, if I knew the way, I'd do it.''
Yup, George is back, in all his wisecracking glory. He never pretended to
have all of the answers, but he's sure got a few of them. ``I didn't write the
book, but I r
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FOLK SEASON LINES UP AS THE BUSIEST EVER
Published on 09/13/1998. Article 194 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
Is there another folk revival under way? Listen to the talk from the high
towers of commercial radio and the mainstream pop industry, and it would
hardly seem so. But put your ear to the ground along the grassroots network of
church coffeehouses, community concerts, and urban folk clubs, and the signs
are clear.
``I really hate that term `folk revival,' because it's so overused,'' said
David Tamulevich, who covers New England for Fleming-Tamulevich, among the
largest and most respected folk music t
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MARKET'S TOUGH LESSONS
Published on 10/12/1998. Article 195 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Charles A. Jaffe, Globe Staff
For many investors, the last 90 days represent the worst stock market
downturn they have ever seen.
For the rest of us, the market's bumpy ride is an unpleasant reminder of
lessons forged from the past and forgotten in the euphoria of the last few
years.
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WILL TOO MANY FOLKS SPOIL FOLK'S REVIVAL?
Published on 11/05/1998. Article 196 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
Is Boston enjoying too much of a folk revival? On the surface, it seems
like a silly thing to say about an area that, since the earliest days of the
'60s revival, has been the nation's most vibrant and influential folk music
center. But a growing number of local producers, media people, and performers
are beginning to worry whether the local folk scene is getting too big for its
own good, with too many artists and venues vying for the attention and support
of too few fans.
``I think the danger is
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SOUTH BOSTON RUMOR ON SEX OFFENDER'S NEW HOME IS DENIED
Published on 11/08/1998. Article 197 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Stephanie Ebbert
The false rumor surged through a South Boston neighborhood yesterday,
gaining credibility with each retelling: A newly released, convicted pedophile
had moved to a rooming house in an area packed with children.
Panicked parents believed that Frederick G. Wyatt had moved there after his
release from the Treatment Center for the Sexually Dangerous in Bridgewater on
Friday night. Deemed no longer sexually dangerous by a Suffolk Superior Court
jury and released after a Supreme Judicial Court ruling bro
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LIFE IS LIKE A SWEET SONG FOR ROBERT SWALLEY
Published on 11/15/1998. Article 198 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
``Oh Susannah, don't you cry for me
I'm bound for Louisiana, a laptop on my knee.''
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BOSTON'S `SOUL' MAN
ELLIS PAUL CRAFTS A TRADEMARK SINGER-SONGWRITER SOUND
Published on 12/04/1998. Article 199 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
Believe it or not, there is actually a species of musician called ``the
Boston songwriter.'' The moniker is more likely to be applied outside the
Boston beltway than here and refers to the introspective, literate breed of
singer-songwriter so prevalent in the modern folk-music landscape.
The term does not always refer to Boston musicians; such national artists
as Shawn Colvin, John Gorka, and Susan Werner are often labeled ``Boston'' or
``Boston-style'' songwriters because of their confessional to
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GOLDEN SMOG: THE ROCKER'S ALTERNATIVE
Published on 12/04/1998. Article 200 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff
Even though it is a part-time project, a sideline gig for those involved,
many fans consider Golden Smog to be the standard-bearer of the so-called ``no
depression,'' or alt-country, movement. Golden Smog comprises a lot of folks
from a whole lot of other bands. It has singer-songwriters Dan Murphy from
Soul Asylum, Jeff Tweedy from Wilco, Gary Louris and Marc Perlman from the
Jayhawks, and Kraig Johnson from Run Westy Run. Its new drummer -- the Smog
runs through drummers like Spinal Tap did -- is Jod
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LETTERS TO CLEO LOOKS BACK AT AN OLDER `SISTER'
Published on 12/11/1998. Article 201 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Letters to Cleo have been a legitimate Boston success story in the '90s.
The band achieved a nationwide hit with the irresistibly poppy ``Here and
Now'' from the ``Melrose Place'' soundtrack. That was followed by global
touring and, more recently, performances on the Lilith Fair.
Letters to Cleo are presently on a short break, but they've taken that
opportunity to create a special bonus for fans. It's the remastered CD release
of their original cassette of songs written in 1988 and '89, back whe
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MORRISSEY'S MISSISSIPPI
Published on 01/07/1999. Article 202 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
Local songwriting star and novelist Bill Morrissey never made it a secret
that his greatest musical influence was legendary bluesman Mississippi John
Hurt (1892-1966). On Feb. 2, Philo Records releases Morrissey's CD tribute
``Songs of Mississippi John Hurt.'' It promises to be one of the best and most
talked-about folk CDs of the year, a quiet masterpiece evoking all of Hurt's
alluring hardscrabble tenderness.
Morrissey's guitar style comes right from Hurt's soft, circular finger
patterns. But the
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A LEGACY OF FOLK
PAST AND PRESENT LUMINARIES CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF CLUB PASSIM
Published on 01/15/1999. Article 203 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
In the simple phrase ``Club Passim 40th Anniversary,'' much is said about
why Boston is the folk music capital of the country. As performers gather at
Sanders Theatre tomorrow for a sold-out tribute to the stalwart Harvard Square
coffeehouse, their names trace a generational history of modern folk music:
Joan Baez, the Charles River Valley Boys, the Silverleaf Gospel Singers, Patty
Larkin, Ellis Paul, the Nields, Pamela Means, and Joel Cage. All launched
their careers, or had their music exposed to cruc
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ON CUE, WILSON TURNED NIGHTMARE INTO DREAM
Published on 02/07/1999. Article 204 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
BOLTON -- Three of the hottest singer-songwriters in the country -- Dar
Williams, Richard Shindell and Lucy Kaplansky -- wanted to record a trio CD of
songs by other songwriters called ``Cry Cry Cry'' (Razor & Tie). It promised
to be a production nightmare. All were busy with solo tours, and the guitarist
they all wanted, Larry Campbell, was touring with Bob Dylan.
All three have distinct vocal styles molded to suit their individual
writing styles, and were recording songs written by other, equall
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FOR THREE THEATRICAL VENUES, CURTAIN COMES DOWN ON DREAMS
Published on 02/14/1999. Article 205 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Judith Montminy, Globe Correspondent
One year ago, they were filled with promise, but today three local
theaters are facing troubled times, one of them darkened for the season with
only vague hope that it may eventually reopen.
The Orpheum Theatre in Foxborough is in the midst of a retrenchment,
while the Black and White Theatre in Middleborough has closed its doors. Both
had been unable to pull in the audiences needed to sustain them. Showstoppers
fell victim to a dispute between partners and has moved out of its Scituate
home
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REVIVAL TIME
TRIBUTES TO WATERS AND HURT SPEARHEAD NEW ATTENTION FOR THE BLUES
Published on 03/05/1999. Article 206 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
One sure sign a music genre is enjoying a revival is that its dead stars
start making comebacks. A decade ago, Charlie Parker (1920-55) was lionized in
the movie ``Bird,'' cool bohemian trumpeter Chet Baker became all the rage
after his 1988 death, Wynton Marsalis was everywhere proclaiming the gospel
according to Louis Armstrong, and you knew that jazz was on the rise.
Similar signs today point to a blues revival. This weekend, the music of
blues giant Muddy Waters (1915-83) will fill the Somervi
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BROOKS WILLIAMS TURNS THE PAGE
NORTHAMPTON GUITARIST CAN FINALLY FOLLOW HIS MUSE
Published on 03/26/1999. Article 207 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
Ten years ago, nearly everyone in the Boston folk scene was certain Brooks
Williams would be a star. The Northampton songwriter was a phenomenal
guitarist, equally at home on searing Delta blues or confessional contemporary
ballad. He was a provocative, literate, and inviting writer with a knack for
reflective songs that seemed at once personal and panoramic. And there was
that voice, a pure, warm tenor full of honest satin that gave everything he
did an alluring, gentle resonance. His soothing style re
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AUTO MILESTONES IN THE '80 AND 90'S
Published on 04/24/1999. Article 208 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Royal Ford, Globe Staff
Bruce Springsteen was singing about the joys of the open road and the
freedom that even middle-class folks can enjoy in a car when we pulled off the
highway of auto history last week at exit 1979.
But funny things happened to those middle-class values in the economically
heady '80s. Greed got good. Big got better. Certain cars became symbols of
sudden wealth. Instead of flashing your wallet, you flashed your car -- and
somehow felt superior doing it. The SUV came along, started small, and keeps
get
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FOLK KICKS UP IT'`S HEELS
Published on 04/29/1999. Article 209 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Corresponent
Folk music in Boston is raising its voice.
Normally reserved coffeehouse fans and introspective songwriters are being
spotted at hip urban clubs like Tir na Nog, Toad, and the Burren, whooping it
up and yee-hawing along to the sounds of furious fiddle tunes, rock-fired
Dobro licks, and the dirty downbeat of country blues.
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`ELECTION' GETS KEY VOTES
Published on 05/04/1999. Article 210 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Carol Beggy, Globe Correspondent and Beth Carney, Globe
Correspondent
Watertown writer Tom Perrotta has seen the mood change among Paramount
execs since ``Election,'' the film based on his book of last year, opened in
Los Angeles and New York to rave reviews. ``I think they were very frightened
the movie was too strange for a mass audience,'' he said, adding that the good
press calmed those fears. ``It's been shocking. Their attitude toward it
turned around hugely.'' The film, which stars Matthew Broderick and Reese
Witherspoon, is due to open in Boston and other markets
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WILCO, STEVE EARLE TO JOIN THE REGULARS AT FOLK FEST
Published on 05/13/1999. Article 211 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
A bright cast of first-time Newport faces -- from Wilco and Steve Earle to
Beth Orton, Patty Griffin, and Susan Tedeschi -- spices this summer's Ben &
Jerry's Newport Folk Festival, set for Aug. 6-8. It shows that the Rhode
Island festival is not resting on its laurels, but is taking risks to stay
current.
The newcomers will join Newport faves such as Joan Armatrading, the Indigo
Girls, Mary Black, Suzanne Vega, and Ellis Paul.
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FAMILIAR FOLK AND FESTIVALS
Published on 06/06/1999. Article 212 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
Indigo Girls to appear at Newport Folk Festival! Greg Brown and Ani
DiFranco visit Falcon Ridge! Gospel, bluegrass, and blues top Lowell festival
lineup! However enticing these headlines may be to folk fans, they could have
been written for nearly any of the last five years. The New England
folk-festival scene is getting as predictable as the summer tent-show circuit.
The question is, is that bad? Folk is, after all, supposed to be about
tradition, and each of the big festivals has settled into its own
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THE CAPE`S UNSUNG DELIGHT
Published on 06/17/1999. Article 213 of 228 found.
For this year's Cape Cod special we asked Globe writers to surprise us. To
write about places that they just happened upon or heard about through the
grapevine. What they came up with ranges from a secludded beach on Martha's
Vineyard to a folk haven in Eastham to a Kayak adventure in Naust. In all a
dozen Cape finds.
WELLFLEET -- Maybe it's special to us because we discovered it as new
parents, when everything is so wondrous, so magnified, when you truly do see
the world through different eyes
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THE CAPE`S UNSUNG DELIGHT
Published on 06/17/1999. Article 214 of 228 found.
For this year's Cape Cod special we asked Globe writers to surprise us. To
write about places that they just happened upon or heard about through the
grapevine. What they came up with ranges from a secludded beach on Martha's
Vineyard to a folk haven in Eastham to a Kayak adventure in Naust. In all a
dozen Cape finds.
Sand with few footprints
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RETURN TO THE '60S REVIVAL
Published on 06/24/1999. Article 215 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
By 1970, Eric Andersen had virtually destroyed his career. Among the most
charismatic of the singer-songwriters to emerge from the Cambridge and
Greenwich Village folk scenes of the early '60s, he squandered his bright
promise on drugs, high living, and hedonism. In 1972, he came back with his
most brilliant record, ``Blue River,'' a bittersweet, candid portrait of
self-inflicted ruin.
On June 29, Columbia Legacy releases a digitally remastered CD of the long
out-of-print classic. Even in 1972, ``B
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HARBOR HAPPENING
Published on 06/26/1999. Article 216 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Bruce McCabe, Globe Staff
To some, fishing is a religion. It can also be an aspect of religion. The
patron saint of those who fish is recalled this weekend in Gloucester's
traditional St. Peter's Fiesta. Highlights include tomorrow's outdoor Mass
with choir at 10:15 a.m. That will be followed by a procession at noon and, at
3 p.m., the Blessing of the Fleet by Cardinal Bernard Law. There are events
today and tomorrow at 4:45 p.m. at Pavilion Beach, including seine boat racing
and a greasy-pole ``walk'' (shown here) in which parti
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KAMIKAZE MONEY MANAGEMENT
Published on 07/26/1999. Article 217 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Charles A. Jaffe, Globe Staff
Your list of financial goals probably doesn't include running out of money
in retirement, living on public assistance, having too little spending money,
working until you have to be carried out, losing your home or other property,
or personal bankruptcy.
Yet your financial actions may be carrying you in those directions.
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NEWPORT'S FOLK FEST WELCOMES RENEGADES
Published on 08/01/1999. Article 218 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
The days of a ``purist'' Newport Folk Festival are long, long gone. ``It
can't be purist if it includes us,'' says Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, which makes
its Newport debut next weekend. ``And, hopefully, we're not the only renegades
coming.''
Rest assured, there are more.
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NEWPORT FESTIVAL GETS WET AND MILD
Published on 08/09/1999. Article 219 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Joan Anderman, Globe Correspondent
NEWPORT, R.I. -- A torrential morning downpour soaked the throngs and
turned the field at Fort Adams into a massive mud puddle yesterday, but the
Newport Folk Festival fans proved themselves as hardy and enduring as the
music they were here to celebrate. Truth be told, neither the scene nor the
songs much resembled the pure, unified musical/
political force folk was three decades ago. But the essence, though splintered
and splayed in a dozen directions, is intact. Jeff Tweedy, frontman for Wilco,
whi
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A DAY OF SOUL AND FIRE
PORTSMOUTH FESTIVAL PRESENTS WIDE RANGE OF BLUES PERFORMERS
Published on 08/15/1999. Article 220 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Mark Dagostino, Globe Correspondent
PORTSMOUTH -- This town's ripe with festivals: Chowda' Fest, Chili Fest,
Jazz Fest, Folk Fest.
Some come, some go. Some have grown, some have shrunk. But it's hard to
think of one that has done what the blues fest has done.
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THE PLEASURES (AND DANGERS) OF BOOM TIMES
Published on 09/12/1999. Article 221 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
Yogi Berra once said, ``Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded.'' The
baseball star was double-talking about a New York nightspot, but it may be an
apt description for the Boston folk scene these days. To all outward
appearances, the revival that began in the late '80s has yet to crest, with
crowds for all manner of acoustic music growing at record rates. Club Passim
had the best-attended month of its history in July, a time former owners Bob
and Rae Ann Donlin often didn't bother to open.
But
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LIKE FOLK, TOM RUSH RISES AGAIN
Published on 10/09/1999. Article 222 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
Tom Rush's name is rarely trumpeted among the folk music giants of the past
half-century. Yet it can be argued that the New Hampshire native has been the
most consistently influential singer-songwriter to emerge from the '60s folk
revival.
Again and again, the folk singer, bluesman, and songwriter reinvented his
career, always ahead of the commercial curve. He played a seminal role in the
urban blues revival of the early '60s and the folk-rock boom of the mid-'60s.
Rolling Stone credited his 1968 E
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TWISTS MARK GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
SANTANA, TLC, BOULEZ LEAD A DIVERSE PACK
Published on 01/05/2000. Article 223 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Hollywood casting agents couldn't have devised a more intriguing scenario
for this year's Grammy nominations. First, bring back a cosmic rocker (Carlos
Santana), add a timeless queen of camp (Cher), then mix in a few MTV-pushed
upstarts in Ricky Martin and the Backstreet Boys. Finally, just as the
audience is gasping for air, add an alluring jazz pres ence in Diana Krall and
a squabbling R&B group in TLC. The result? Well, we'll see when the 42d
annual Grammy awards are telecast by CBS on Feb. 23 from L
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SELECTIVE LIST OF GRAMMY NOMINEES FOR Y2K
Published on 01/05/2000. Article 224 of 228 found.
A selection of Grammy nominations announced yesterday:
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TAKING BLUEGRASS SERIOUSLY
LONGVIEW CREDITS CAMBRIDGE LABEL WITH KEEPING MUSIC VITAL
Published on 01/14/2000. Article 225 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
When most people think of bluegrass music, their minds turn to the sweet,
sunny South; to the bluegrass of Kentucky from which Bill Monroe named the
folk hybrid he all but invented; to the country people of the Appalachian and
Blue Ridge mountains, whose old-time harmonies, hymns, and ballads formed so
much of the bluegrass sound. But for many of today's biggest bluegrass stars,
the road to success leads right through Cambridge, to the doors of Rounder
Records.
"Rounder is probably the most importa
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ROCKFORDS REUNITES OLD PALS
Published on 02/11/2000. Article 226 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Steve Morse, Globe Staff
Before Pearl Jam hit the big time, Seattle guitarist Mike McCready
played in a band with childhood friends that didn't have the same luck. They
jammed together as grade-schoolers, continued through high school, then went
to Los Angeles in a futile search for a record deal, before McCready headed
back to Seattle to join Pearl Jam.
"We used to rehearse every day for seven years, five days a week," McCready
says of the core of the Rockfords, his new side project that marks a
full-circle return to p
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ELLIS PAUL'S KNACK FOR GETTING UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Published on 05/19/2000. Article 227 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
When most of us hear the word stagecraft, we think of big performers, of
belt-it-out bravado, grand gestures, and show-stopping sustains. But
stagecraft is every bit as crucial on the small stages of the coffeehouse and
folk club, perhaps even more so, since performers must engage audiences for
entire evenings armed with nothing but their guitars, voices, and songs.
Few modern songwriters understand the importance of stagecraft better than
33-year-old Ellis Paul, and it has earned him a huge and re
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HOT TIMES
Published on 06/04/2000. Article 228 of 228 found.
SOURCE: By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
Irish Festival - Stonehill College, Easton, June 9-11. A sweeping vista of
Irish culture, from rockers Black 47 and Luka Bloom to Celtic stars Eileen
Ivers and Aoife Clancy (late of Cherish the Ladies) to such deeply traditional
artists as Seamus Connolly and Joe Derrane, along with poets and pipe bands,
Gaelic games, and hands-on children's fun.
Lowell Folk Festival - Downtown Lowell, July 28-30. The Northeast's
preeminent traditional music and crafts festival, this year featuring Irish
fiddler Ei
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