Chris Knight loved listening to John Prine growing up, and it was Steve Earle who inspired him to begin writing songs. So it’s no surprise that his music contains Earle’s raw emotion and Prine’s literate detail.
The more I hear of She & Him, the more delightful it seems that M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel managed to find each other. Yes, I said delightful, which is not a word often used to describe pop music these days … at least not by me.
When Stephanie Cottingham and her sisters Laura and Brianna and their sister-in-law Jill began playing music, they did it for fun. Fast forward a few years and the foursome are set to play one of the biggest music showcases in the world - the annual South by Southwest music festival, a music showcase that has staged some of the biggest names in music - from REM to Vampire Weekend.
"Mom, can we listen to The Beach Boys?” Timmy asked. It’s not an unusual request these days. Ever since Timmy and Brian’s dance class participated in “beach month” at their dance studio, they’ve been obsessed with The Beach Boys.
Leon Chiappini hooks a tire-sized cymbal around his finger and spins it like a basketball. He hits it and listens for the ding, the gravel and the growl: elements of crash that the average ear can’t hear. If it’s not perfect, Chiappini tosses it in the reject pile. “After 49 years, I’d better know if it’s good,” he said with a laugh.
Silhouettes of some 16 harpists seated at their harps will appear behind a sheer scrim during the Reagle Players' show "A Little Bit of Ireland," March 12 to 14 in Waltham.
Christopher Reeve was famous for playing Superman in the movies. To Art Finstein, the late actor was simply a super man. "He changed my life," says Finstein.
When Kirk Franklin saw the devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti, he immediately reacted through song. In a matter of days, the Grammy-winning gospel star enlisted some of the genre's top stars to record a charity single to help with relief efforts.
Roughly 15 years ago, two freshmen at Ithaca College were eager to do anything except study, so they began melding one’s poetry with the other’s guitar work. All these years later, would-be poet/songwriter Andy Campolieto and guitarist Ben Lee are the main figures in the Americana band Jo Henley, whose second full-length album “Inside Out” was released Feb. 16.
It has been one of the most ubiquitous sound snippets of the past decade, a soaring little melody whose infectious allure only makes it more difficult to ignore. Love it or hate it – and after its relentless ad campaign, there are plenty of folks in both camps – the Foxwoods Casino theme, “Wonder of It All” sung by Johnny Pizzarelli, has become part of the culture.
