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 events — I’ll likely give you a different answer each time. However, the geek in me wants to give things some sort of order, so I’m going to resort to statistics and order them by total number of plays for all songs on the album, on all of my devices. Sound…
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography Time ticks away pretty quickly in the Northeast at this time of year. Days are short and weeks fly by like minutes. One good thing about that — 10PM Friday night at Nick-A-Nees in Providence rolls before you know it. This past Friday, two bands fit for filling spaces four-times the size — at least — joined together to pack the local watering hole wall-to-wall. J.P. Harris and The Tough Choices finally brought their new album “Home Is Where the Hurt Is” to the chilly New England region and it was just what the crowd…
5 CommentsPhotos by Boston Concert Photography This past Friday night at The Columbus Theatre in Providence, something pretty damn special took place. A collection of fans, musicians, and artisans of all kinds gathered in torrential conditions to come to the aid of one of their own: Dave Lamb of Brown Bird. Recently, while on tour supporting their latest release, Lamb was taken to the hospital for severe exhaustion. Despite several attempts to heal up and get back on the road, the lack of stamina would continually return. Lamb and MorganEve Swain (the other half of Brown Bird) returned home to Rhode…
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