Monthly Archives: May 2015

BOSTON CALLING: MAY 2015: DAY THREE

Special thanks to Maia Kennedy, contributing editor, for her excellent photos. Connect with Maia Kennedy Photography: maiakphotography.com facebook.com/maiakphotography instagram/maiakphotography DAY THREE: SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015 THE BALLROOM THIEVES Boston’s own band The Ballroom Thieves were formed in 2011.  On Facebook they describe the genre of their music as “alternative rock & folkin’ roll.”  And they...
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BOSTON CALLING: MAY 2015: DAY TWO

Special thanks to Maia Kennedy, contributing editor, for her excellent photos. Connect with Maia Kennedy Photography: maiakphotography.com facebook.com/maiakphotography instagram/maiakphotography DAY TWO: SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015 KRILL: Krill is not a band you can easily describe.  On their Bandcamp page they have their latest album, A Distant Fist Unclenching, tagged with “experimental garage krillwave...
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PEACE, LOVE & MUSIC: BOSTON CALLING: MAY 2015: DAY ONE

written by Michael McCarthy If this past weekend’s Boston Calling music festival is any indication, 2015 is going to be another beautiful, summer of love… As with the Boston Calling festival I attended last September, the vibes this May were just as warm and fuzzy. I’ve never been so surrounded by shiny, happy...
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NEWS: BOSTON CALLING SEPTEMBER 2015 LINE UP ANNOUNCED

Once again the fine folks who put together Boston Calling have put together a killer line up for this year’s festival #2, which is in September.  Check out the full line up and more information below! PRESS RELEASE: BOSTON CALLING MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS SEPTEMBER 2015 LINEUP: THE AVETT BROTHERS, ALT-J, ALABAMA SHAKES, HOZIER,...
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BOSTON CALLING PHOTOS NEEDED!

I am working on my Boston Calling reviews and could really, really use some photos to accompany them.  So, if you or anyone else you know might have some photos I could use, it would be tremendously appreciated.  You’d be fully credited and I’d even name you a contributing editor, which looks nice...
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NEWS: BOSTON CALLING

Well, Boston Calling was a blast last night…  Sharon Van Etten is like a mellower version of Joan Jett and her songs were rather emotive, even more so than on her albums…  Tame Impala was a trippy, psychedelic trip; they would have fit in perfectly at Woodstock…  And Beck kicked some major ass....
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FEATURE: IN MEMORY OF B.B. KING: AN APPRECIATION

by Joshua Day On Thursday, May 14th the blues world lost a legendary iconic talent. Riley B. King ( b. September 16th, 1925 in Itta Benna, Mississippi ) was better known as B.B. King, He was born on a plantation to sharecroppers, and worked at this job from the very early age of...
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NEWS: BOSTON CALLING STARTS TOMORROW!

The Boston Calling music festival begins tomorrow night at City Hall Plaza, just across the street from the Haymarket T stop on the orange or green line.  Sharon Van Etten opens the festival  when she performs at 6:30.  Tame Impala will perform at 7:45 and headliner Beck will go on at 9:15.  Check...
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