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Shortcuts—Meat Puppets

by Anjali Verghis

Despite its spotty originality, Sewn Together, the band’s 14th studio album seems to be missing more than just the distinct sound of their original drummer, Derrick Bostrom.

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Potter pontificates on Pete Townshend, Pat Leahy, and playing Chicago

by Anjali Verghis

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals bring their blues-rock blend to Martyrs'.

Chris and the Crowes continue to fly high

by Anjali Verghis

When I told people I was going to see The Black Crowes, they either had no idea who I was talking about (“The Counting Crows, you mean?”) or only knew frontman Chris Robinson as actress Kate Hudson...

Kirkwoods, Meat Puppets still put on a good show

by Anjali Verghis

“Let’s see . . . there was our late ’90s rap album that got lost in a downloading power outage. Then there was our boy band album. That one we had to scrap for legal reasons and move to the Cayman ...

Sitar-playing Shankars shine at Symphony Center

by Anjali Verghis

“There are so many Indians here,” commented the woman behind me as we pushed through the crowd at Symphony Center to see the sold-out Ravi and Anoushka Shankar concert. She wasn’t wrong, but Indian...

Shortcuts—Mary Chapin Carpenter's The Calling

by Anjali Verghis

I just spent the last hour deep in conversation with Mary Chapin Carpenter. Admittedly, it was rather one-sided, since I mainly listened (with the occasional “Oh, yeah!” and nod thrown in) to Carpe...

Jazz stars old and new perform solid set at CSO

by Anjali Verghis

I was privileged to hear two of the finest current jazz groups at the Symphony Center on Friday night in a joint concert of the Joey DeFrancesco Trio and the Count Basie Orchestra. Joey DeFrancesco...

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