How Dolly Parton Helped My Family Get Through Cancer
There are so many of you that I have to thank for helping me and my family successfully get through cancer. And it turns out one of you I have…Continue Reading →
Photos: 19th Annual Honk Festival In Somerville
The 19th annual Honk Festival of Activist Street Bands took place in Somerville and Cambridge, Massachusetts, from Oct. 4 to 6, 2024. I’ve been photographing Honk since near the beginning.…Continue Reading →
Photos: 2024 Somerville Porchfest
Somerville Porchfest is part hootenanny, part a giant open studios for bands. Inspired by an event in Ithaca, New York, the Somerville version, overseen by the Somerville Arts Council, has…Continue Reading →
Boston Rock History And Vintage Views Of Local Streets In Charles Daniels’s Photos
Charles Daniels always had one or more cameras with him—when he was strolling local streets; when he was emcee at Boston Tea Party rock club in the late 1960s and…Continue Reading →
‘Road To Ruane’ Remembers Legendary Boston Rock Impresario And Wild Man
“Billy Ruane walked into the room and he said, ‘I need an extra room for my birthday party. I think I overbooked it,’” Joseph Satar, co-owner of Cambridge’s Middle East…Continue Reading →
If You Could Play One Of the World’s Best Violins Which One Would You Choose?
On Monday afternoon, musicians from the Boston chamber orchestra A Far Cry were picking out violins to borrow for the “Stradivari Serenade” that they’ll perform at New England Conservatory’s Jordan…Continue Reading →
Oscar-Winning Documentary ‘Last Repair Shop’: Repairing Instruments To Make People Whole Again
“The Last Repair Shop” is an astonishing, tender, heartbreaking, inspiring look behind the scenes at the expertise and love that the craftspeople of the instrument repair shop for the Los…Continue Reading →
Willie Alexander, Godfather Of Boston Punk, Celebrates His 81st Birthday
I was lucky to spend last night celebrating the 81st birthday of my friend Willie Alexander—with a capacity crowd of some 500 people packed into the new Gloucester nightclub The…Continue Reading →
Malden Porchfest
Some photos from the Malden Porchfest, of performers on Holmes Street and Corey Road, on Saturday, June 10, 2023. If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and…Continue Reading →
Photos: 2022 Honk Festival in Somerville and Cambridge
Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, arrives in Somerville and Cambridge this weekend. Begun here in 2006, the festival has spawned a worldwide movement. Due to covid, last…Continue Reading →