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After spending time with High On Tulsa Heat and catching the the all-too-brief John Moreland set during the Wildwood Revival showcase at Newport Folk Festival, I promised myself a return trip to see a full performance would make it’s way to my calendar as soon as I recovered from
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Editor’s note: This post debuts a new feature on MusicSavage, the #50WordReview. Brought back from a previous life on another music blog—R.I.P., Melophobe—we’ll endeavor to give you some quick hits on albums we’re listening to that we think you should hear as well.
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Every so often, you’re presented with an opportunity to see an artist who would on any other given night be performing in a much bigger venue for a much bigger audience, do their thing in an intimate setting with only a few other lucky individuals beside you. Such was
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Last Sunday night, Tobias Jesso Jr. returned to the Boston area after what seemed like five years, for those who have been waiting to see him. In reality, it’s been about 7 months since the 6’7″ singer songwriter set foot on Massachusetts soil. Back in March, Jesso Jr.
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As we move into fall here in Massachusetts, we see the return of a lot of things: students, traffic, and cold weather, just to name a few. On the upside, we start to see the concert scene kick into overdrive. And the return of Langhorne Slim and The Law to
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography For a handful of years, I’ve been lucky enough to spend the last weekend in July at The Fort for Newport Folk Festival, partaking in what many call the best weekend of the year. Note: I still don’t say this openly around family,
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography Last Thursday we had the opportunity to sit in on two fine acts who will be donning the grounds of Fort Adams for the Newport Folk Festival come July. Having jumped on the tickets during a pre-sale, we had one of the best seats in
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography This past Thursday night, Joe Pug and Chris Porterfield of Field Report brought a little bit of late July to Brighton Music Hall. As part of the Newport Folk Presents series, the two acts—both of whom hit the stage at this summer’s 56th
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography This past Tuesday night at The Sinclair, fans of Matt Pond PA were given a chance to revel in an album that left a mark on them a decade ago. Kicking off a tour commemorating the 10th (holy crap) anniversary of Several Arrows Later, Pond
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography Sometimes you get lucky and that one band from Iceland you’ve been digging just happens to be headlining a Taste of Iceland event in your city on your birthday. Sometimes you get even luckier and that band is Kaleo. A majority of the now
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POP QUIZ: What’s the name for the album that, each time you listen to it, you have a new favorite song? Normally, I would call it album of the year, but because it’s only February March, I’ll call it Andrew Combs’ All These Dreams. In the follow-up
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The practice of ranking the year’s albums is certainly one that I approach with some hesitation. Like Kyle, I was tempted to not even try to rank them. I mean, ask me what the best album of the year is and — depending on my mood and the day’s