Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | Self-Released
Everything That Happens is a brilliant addition to a creative partnership that has yielded so much and shouldn’t have taken 27 years to rekindle.
By MICHAEL PATRICK BRADY | August 26, 2008

Crossword: ''Hard body''

Seven parts of one

By MATT JONES | April 23, 2008

Jackson's sweet dream

Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign
This article originally appeared in the March 4, 1988 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By SCOT LEHIGH | March 07, 2008

Lifer

Catherine Russell’s rich musical path
As soon as you think you’ve got Catherine Russell figured out, she lobs another detail your way that throws the whole thing off.
By JEFF TAMARKIN | February 26, 2008

Reelin’ ’n’ rockin’

Deer Tick runs the gamut
Deer Tick singer John McCauley’s lived-in anthems harken back to the old-school traditions of Nashville, a boozy world of dim lights, thick smoke, and loud, loud music.
By ANDREA FELDMAN | February 06, 2008

Cover girls

Cat Power and Shelby Lynne
On Cat Power’s second album of covers, she might be traveling the same territory Elvis did in “Kentucky Rain” — a country road with low clouds on a chill, gray afternoon.
By CHARLES TAYLOR | February 04, 2008

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zula | Heads Up
It’s been two decades since Paul Simon ushered this South African a cappella group onto the world stage.
By BANNING EYRE | January 14, 2008

Pop in a hard place

Black Dice’s Load Blown
The norms Black Dice resist are significant and strong and worth resisting.
By NICK SYLVESTER | January 10, 2008

Bert Jansch

Fresh as a Sweet Sunday Morning | MVD
Jimmy Page admitted being “absolutely obsessed” with him.
By JEFF TAMARKIN | November 13, 2007

The ‘x’ factor

The roots pedigree of Boston’s Mystix
The Mystix want you to know they’re not fortune tellers.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | November 06, 2007

Soundbites

Music seen, two sentences on many bands
I had to make an early exit and think about how great it is that postmodernism has come a long way.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | August 29, 2007

Masters of Muppets

The 20 best musical moments on the original Muppet Show .
Here are some of our fave muppet musical moments.
By CARLY CARIOLI AND RYAN STEWART | August 27, 2007

Three for the road

Herbie Hancock, Renee Rosnes, and Luciana Souza
Maybe it’s Larry Klein’s world and the rest of us just live in it.
By JON GARELICK | August 21, 2007

Cultural exchanges

Spank Rock’s Chris Rockswell and Brazil’s DJ Dolores
CHRIS ROCKSWELL, the official DJ for the club-rap phenom SPANK ROCK, says people are always asking him, “What does your neighborhood sound like?” DJ Dolores & Isaar "De Dar Dó (remix)" (mp3)
By DAVID DAY | July 03, 2007

Sam Yahel Trio

Truth and Beauty | Origin
Sam Yahel’s expressive approach to the Hammond B3 organ has made him one of the most sought-after sidemen in jazz.
By ADAM GOLD | June 27, 2007

Vusi Mahlasela

Guiding Star | ATO
Mahlasela is among Africa’s best singer-songwriters, and here he delivers 16 largely acoustic-based tunes that span kwela, reggae, swing jazz, mbaqanga, and rock.
By BANNING EYRE | March 19, 2007

Caetano Veloso

CÊ | Nonesuch
Caetano Veloso is Brazil’s Bob Dylan, Burt Bacharach, and Paul Simon all rolled into one.
By BANNING EYRE | March 12, 2007

Stockholm calling

Peter Bjorn and John, El Perro del Mar, and Lo-Fi Fink lead the new Swedish invasion
In “Young Folks,” the hipster hit by the Stockholm-based indie-pop trio Peter Bjorn and John, Peter Morén boasts that “we don’t care about the young folks.”
By MIKAEL WOOD | March 03, 2007

Finding a balance

Craig DeMelo’s Whiskey Poet; plus, Jerimoth Hill
He’s a romantic, that’s for sure, but he’s also a realist.
By BOB GULLA | February 20, 2007

Reagan gives good speech

Spurious
This article originally appeared in the February 3, 1987 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By SPURIOUS | February 02, 2007

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