Bo Diddley

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Picaresque journey: 30 years in Rhode Island

By IAN DONNIS | October 23, 2008

Sharp accents

Forro in the Dark and Marta Topferova talk the talk
Boston has its own vital scene of pan-American jazz and folk (hey, Mili Bermejo, Alex Alvear, Sergio Brandão, and everyone at Ryles on Wednesday nights!).
By JON GARELICK | June 30, 2008

Man of the Century

The late, great Bo Diddley helped put Lupo’s on the map
Bo Diddley, a particular favorite of Lupo, was the first “name” performer to play the club.
By PHILLIPE + JORGE | June 04, 2008

Bo Diddley was a gunslinger

1928-2008
Grab a stack of albums at random and scan the liner notes. Ten bucks says you’ll find the name “E. McDaniel” listed among the song credits on at least one of them.
By MIKE MILIARD | June 04, 2008

Other music meccas

By TED DROZDOWSKI | June 29, 2007

Duke Robillard

Worl Full of Blues | Stony Plain
Everything on these CDs is played with total command.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | June 26, 2007

A Go-Go goes

The Milky Way gets sexadelic, plus Braun Bergundy
This Friday, January 26, your friendly neighborhood bowling alley/nightclub, the world-famous Milky Way Lounge and Lanes, transforms into a ’60s wonderland of go-go dancers, wild groove music, and the ubiquitous Brother Cleve. "Bossy (Drop Tha Beat remix)" (wma)
By DAVID DAY | January 23, 2007

Too many shows

A hot winter concert season
If this winter’s concert scene were a crazy tag-team wrestling match, rock would be the ass-kicking king of the ring.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | December 28, 2006

The Stones

An essay on the older
This article originally appeared in the August 26, 1994 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By CAMILLE PAGLIA | November 16, 2006

Remembering Randy Hien

A collection of anecdotes and heartfelt farewells
In an unfathomably cruel twist of fate, longtime Living Room owner Randy Hien was killed in a car accident on Monday, September 25.
By REMEMBERING RANDY HIEN | September 28, 2006

From Belfast to Boston

The explosive impact of Stiff Little Fingers
“You look at the Bosstones," says one veteran punk frontman, "you look at Dropkick Murphys, you look at the Bruisers, the Ducky Boys, and you hear SLF in all those bands."
By ANDREW MARCUS | January 17, 2006

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