The exhibit “Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel” displays 34 of 60-odd Vatican frescoes, life-sized reproductions visible “like no pope has ever seen them.”
Between a Foot Locker and TJ Maxx, a mall hosts Michelangelo
Boston Bitdown music festival expands because its organizers never unplug
Boston Bitdown respawns March 5-8, expanding its fun to four days and welcoming more than 50 musicians and artists from Salem to Somerville.
Say She She’s disco revival is disconcerting only if you stop dancing long enough to think
Disco is back! The NYC-based outfit Say She She, fronted by three sashaying vocalists, made the argument Saturday at The Sinclair.
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Who’s in the tour van to rep us at the New Colossus Festival
A handful of local musicians head to New York City for the seventh edition of the New Colossus Festival, running March 3-8.
Biribá Union mixes Bach with beatboxing and bass at a Club Passim tour launch
Biribá Union’s nimble parade of genre mashery delivered more rap to Passim’s folkhead patrons than they have probably listened to in the past year.
Arts Council changes are opaque despite campaign rhetoric, but rock renaissance seems real
Can we reflect for a moment on what a hackneyed PR maneuver it is to drop big news at 4:54 p.m. on a Friday before a long weekend?
A stripped-down Katzù Oso comes to The Sinclair on Saturday
In advance of his show Saturday at The Sinclair touring with Say She She, Paul Hernandez (Katzù Oso) talked with me about coming up in the Los Angeles music scene, mentors and influences, leaving bedroom pop behind with his latest album “La Conexión,” and how anything...
Will the Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble happen in 2026? It skipped last year for a ‘reset’
No news is good news – except when it comes to the Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble. The long-running battle of the bands, established in 1979, signed off after the 2024 competition with the announcement that it would take 2025 off to do “some resetting” and return in...
Stormy weather shakes a lineup, but should settle down before the We Black Folks Showcase
Your average band preps weeks, if not months, to take the stage on a specific date. It all goes out the window when there's bad weather.