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Dirt merchants

Farm Aid crops up in Massachusetts
In the hegemony of mid-’80s mega-rock-star benefits, Farm Aid stands as the American blue-collar uncle to Live Aid’s international whiz kid.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | September 16, 2008

Lucky, beautiful, and, now, holy

Rev Run runs straight
He was the king of rock, there was no higher . The sucker MCs, they should call him sire .
By JIM SULLIVAN | August 20, 2008

Heart and soul

Penrose and friends bring the heat
The Cranston-based quartet Penrose continues to impress, delivering a fervent set at Lupo’s last Friday. The crew has been busy since they swept two categories in this year’s Best Music Poll.
By CHRIS CONTI | August 20, 2008

Blues juniors

Back Door Slam rejuvenate a British tradition
A guitar howls through the streets of downtown Chattanooga just as the sun begins to set, pealing out an elaborately improvised solo pasted onto the end of “Red House.”
By TED DROZDOWSKI | August 19, 2008

Fans cheer; earth weeps

Radiohead at Comcast Center, August 13, 2008
It’s a bummer that the four-plus hours I spent in my car feeling guilty about barfing loads of carbon into the air is most salient in my mind, because, as always, Radiohead delivered an awe-inspiring show.
By WILL SPITZ | August 19, 2008

Photos: Radiohead in Boston

August 14, 2008 at the Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA

By CARINA MASTROCOLA | August 16, 2008

Retro active

The Regeneration Tour reheats the ’80s
The ’80s, pop culture’s most tenacious decade, were a mix of greed, technological breakthrough, and hope for a bright future.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | August 12, 2008

Slideshow: Warped Tour 2008

July 23, 2008 at the Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
Get in the pit: From Katy Perry to Every Time I Die, an inside (and outside, and from behind) look at what went down (and up and down) at this year's Warped Tour.
By CARINA MASTROCOLA AND BRYAN MASTERGEORGE | July 25, 2008

Going on sale: July 25, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Ratatat, Jamie Lidell, Street Dogs, Cut Copy and more.
By GOING ON SALE | July 23, 2008

The silent rapper

What the hell has Rakim been up to?
One of the most influential hip-hop MCs of all time, Rakim brought rap from its sing-songy beginnings into its late-’80s golden era with his dense lyrics and virtuoso internal rhyme structures.
By BEN WESTHOFF | July 21, 2008

Green initiative

Hip-hop’s heads go on Wale watch
In an era when the major labels ignore just about everybody without a nickname that rhymes with “sleazy,” it was no small feat for Wale to land a deal with Interscope Records earlier this year.
By BEN WESTHOFF | July 21, 2008