June 13, 2013 - On the face of it, the idea of top shelf country songwriters coming up from Nashville to play with the Boston Pops may seem incongruous. The idea of the venerable Boston institution and fixture on the...
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June 10, 2013 - Aiofe O'Donovan had plenty of reason to be filled with good cheer. This was a hometown gig, after all, and only three days before the release of her first full-length solo debut, "Fossils....
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June 6, 2013 - Dave Alvin just about hit the nail on the head after finishing Long White Cadillac. "I really do appreciate you coming out on a Thursday, but for a few seconds, I felt a Friday," he told the...
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June 3, 2013 - At some point during the first first of two shows on this evening by Della Mae, fiddle player Kimber Ludiker joked that the all-female quintet was on its world tour of Cambridge. The group played a tiny...
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June 1, 2013 - Brad Paisley is best known as the affable co-host of the CMA awards. The Glen Dale, West Va. native is also the closest thing to a guitar god that country music has to offer. The "Telecaster...
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May 23, 2013 - Luke Winslow-King may have a fine new CD out ("The Coming Tide") on a long respected indie country/roots label (Bloodshot), but that didn't mean the throngs were going to fill the club....
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May 18, 2013 - Despite the fact that Tim McGraw is five years sober, fit as a triathlete and touring behind a number one album, he is still in an unenviable position. As he approaches 50, McGraw has to stay a step...
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May 12, 2013 - If you didn't realize Steve Earle had a new disc out, "The Low Highway," it would have been no problem realizing that quite and quickly.
That was because Earle started the two-hour show...
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April 28, 2013 - If it's Sunday morning at Merlefest, then it's time for gospel music, and this year's choices included Jim Avett (father of the Avett Brothers) and the SC Broadcasters....
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April 28, 2013 - The Howlin' Brothers - this trio, in reality, contains no brothers - are about eight years into their career and on their fifth album. To say they've been under the radar screen may be an understatement....
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