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Revival Meetingnew

Everywhere you looked during the first weekend of the 37th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the big theme was recovery -- but amid all the optimism, you couldn't overlook the prevalent downside.
Boston Phoenix  |  Jon Garelick  |  05-11-2006  |  Music

Pop Fundamentalismnew

Matisyahu and Madonna embrace a holy plan.
Boston Phoenix  |  Josh Kun  |  03-03-2006  |  Music

Hitsville UK?new

Art Brut, the Cribs and Brakes spearhead Britain's new underground.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mikael Wood  |  02-22-2006  |  Music

Cookie Starts with . . . METAL!new

The Wall Street Journal discovers Sesame Street death metal -- the Phoenix tracks some down.
Boston Phoenix  |  On the Download  |  02-06-2006  |  Music

Phish-ing tripsnew

What is the lasting influence of a band who saw no barriers?
Boston Phoenix  |  Jeff Miller  |  01-30-2006  |  Music

The Rise of Reggaetonnew

Make way for reggaeton, the latest Latin musical style to sweep the world and just maybe the one with the most promise of finding a permanent, prominent place in global popular culture.
Boston Phoenix  |  Wayne Marshall  |  01-19-2006  |  Music

Letters to Brettnew

Former Letters to Cleo frontwoman Kay Hanley pens "Cellars By Starlight," a tribute to Boston Phoenix scribe Brett Milano.
Boston Phoenix  |  On the Download  |  01-05-2006  |  Music

Going Undergroundnew

Little labels have been reaching heights unheard of since Matador and Sub Pop were at the top of their game. The trend will continue in 2006.
Boston Phoenix  |  Matt Ashare  |  12-30-2005  |  Music

Chris Whitley 1960 - 2005new

On November 20, lung cancer claimed singer-songwriter Chris Whitley, whose most recent albums seemed like stream-of-consciousness excursions through his brain and heart, albeit cloaked in tales of lost souls.
Boston Phoenix  |  Ted Drozdowski  |  12-08-2005  |  Music

John Lennon 1940-1980new

The cover of the Dec. 16, 1980, issue of the Boston Phoenix was meant to be the annual holiday supplement. But the assassination of John Lennon sent the staff scrambling for a replacement. The paper marks the 25th anniversary of Lennon's death with an online reprint of its original coverage and tribute.
Boston Phoenix  |  Michael Gee, Kit Rachlis and the Phoenix staff  |  12-02-2005  |  Music

New Standardsnew

Gold Sounds, a collection of Pavement songs performed by accomplished jazz musicians, dramatizes the absence of new "standards" -- contemporary pop songs on which to improvise.
Boston Phoenix  |  Jon Garelick  |  11-22-2005  |  Music

The Hustlernew

50 Cent gets a little less gangsta and a lot more money.
Boston Phoenix  |  Leon Neyfakh  |  11-21-2005  |  Music

Loud and Proud: R.L. Burnside, 1926–2005new

Rural Burnside began recording in 1967 when musicologist George Mitchell visited his North Mississippi home to make field recordings. He stopped last December, when a heart attack robbed him of his vitality. On Sept. 1, he died.
Boston Phoenix  |  Ted Drozdowski  |  09-16-2005  |  Music

Kids Against Combs Nail Sean Hannitynew

Brooklyn indie-politicos Kids Against Combs have fallen into possession of Fox News blowhard Sean Hannity’s home phone number. And they’ve made it the title of their forthcoming album.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  07-18-2005  |  Music

Rapstreet Boys: 50 Cent and the Game Diss and Tellnew

The question is this: Outside the WWE, what’s the last time such a massively unimportant feud occurred between two jacked dudes with stage names, shifty alliances, and self-mythologies that are way more entertaining than their actual skills?
Boston Phoenix  |  Nick Sylvester  |  03-21-2005  |  Music

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