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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Adam Yauch was a Beastie Boy tamed by age, wisdom

Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper who co-founded the seminal hip-hop group, has died at age 47. The cause of death wasn’t immediately known. Yauch, who’s also known as MCA, was diagnosed with a cancerous parotid gland in 2009
By Randall Roberts /  / The Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES - Most fans of the Beastie Boys’ early hits know Adam Yauch, or MCA as he was known, for a few choice...

Nick Lowe says his signature song isn’t all that great

By Brad Buchholz / Austin American-Statesman
AUSTIN, Texas — Forty years ago, British musician Nick Lowe wrote “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding” —...
Friday, May 4, 2012

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch dead at 47

By Jed Gottlieb
The mighty MCA is gone. One-third of the Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch, aka MCA, died earlier today. Yauch was diagnosed...

Adam Yauch, founding member of the Beastie Boys, dies at 47

Adam Yauch, AKA ‘MCA,’ the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper who co-founded the seminal hip-hop group, has died at age 47.
By Randall Roberts / The Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES - The Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, best known the world over as...

Doom is done for Dom

By Jim Sullivan / Music
The lo-fi synth-pop band Dom last year played the star-studded Lollapalooza festival in Chicago. It released two EPs to substantial acclaim and critical success...

Medfield youths going for top spot in coveted competition

SCHOOL OF BRASS: Doug Olsen, above, directs the Medfield High jazz band, left, during practice for Essentially Ellington competition this weekend in New York.
By Jed Gottlieb
You’ve never heard Dizzy Gillespie’s “A Night in Tunisia”...
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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Springsteen’s tour likely to resonate in Europe, where hard times mirror angst in songs

Bruce Springsteen
By Jim Beckerman / The Record (Hackensack N.J.)
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- It was a gangplank moment for Bruce Springsteen: a last wave...
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Fledgling artist Erika Flowers plays New Orleans Jazz Fest

By Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Most of those listening to Erika Flowers at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival hadn’t heard of her. But by the end of her...
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Bernstein’s Boston

ON KEYS: Hershey Felder performs as Leonard Bernstein in his one-man show, ‘Maestro,’ at the Paramount Center Mainstage. Felder will then reprise his ‘Gershwin Alone’
By Jed Gottlieb
There are two Bostons. There is the Boston of Fenway Park, Southie and Sam Malone....
Friday, April 27, 2012

Younger acts help iconic Newport Folk Fest sell out three months early

MAKING THE SCENE: In the lineup at this year’s Newport Folk Festival are, My Morning Jacket, above, Brown Bird, Jackson Browne and Joe Fletcher and the Wrong Reasons.
By Jed Gottlieb
You can still get tickets to Bonnaroo, Bumbershoot and Lollapalooza. But the Newport Folk Festival is sold out. After...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Boston too cool for Nickelback types?

OUT-OF-TOWNERS: Nickelback, above, and Daughtry are skipping Boston venues for Worcester and Lowell respectively.
By Jed Gottleib
The upcoming week is packed with great rock bands playing Boston. Post-punk revivalists...
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Fantastic ‘Fela!’

By Jed Gottlieb
America has no single musical figure as towering as Nigeria’s Fela Kuti. To...
Friday, April 20, 2012

Death Cab’s orchestra collaboration is a surprising detour

BREAKING THE ‘CODES’: Death Cab for Cutie’s Nick Harmer, Chris Walla, Ben Gibbard, Jason McGerr, from left, included Magik Magik Orchestra on their album ‘Codes and Keys’ and current tour.
By Jed Gottlieb
When rock ’n’ roll is paired with an orchestra, the results are often big, bloated and bombastic. An army...

fun. fact: ‘Young’ trio hitting it big

SUIT YOURSELF: The band fun. is, from left, Andrew Dost, Nate Ruess and Jack Antonoff. Tomorrow, the trio plays a sold-out House of Blues.
By Jed Gottlieb
Andrew Dost, one-third of rock trio fun., fantasized about hitting the top of the charts. But even the most egomaniacal...

Killswitch singer set to re-Engage

‘COOL’ TO BE BACK: Jesse Leach, center, original vocalist for Killswitch Engage, will be back at the microphone when the band takes the stage Sunday in Worcester.
By Dave Wedge / Music
It’s rare that you get a second chance in life. But that’s just what’s happened to vocalist Jesse...

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Photo by John Wilcox

DRUMMER BOY: Nick Cruickshank plays for the Medfield High jazz band.
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