Somerville’s annual PorchFest is part hootenanny, part a giant open studios for bands. Some 300 bands acts are scheduled to perform on porches, in backyards and in parks from noon…Continue Reading →
Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys perform at Kelly Davidson’s “Rock Parents” exhibition at Once, Somerville, May 6, 2018. All ages were welcome. Photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook.…Continue Reading →
When Kelly Davidson first began photographing for The Boston Phoenix newspaper in the late 1990s, she got assignments to shoot portraits of Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses, The Breeders and…Continue Reading →
In the beginning, there was Elvis Presley shimmying as he sang the new rock ‘n’ roll for 1956 white America. The young things in the audience were entranced, but the…Continue Reading →
The “hanky code,” a secret queer cruising code of the 1970s, was a way to signal your sexual desires via flagging—hanging a bandana from the back pocket of your tight…Continue Reading →
Boston Hassle and Brain Arts—impresarios of experimental, underground music shows—will make most of their shows free for folks younger than 18, the organization announced on Monday. “To help showcase BRAIN…Continue Reading →
Last April, Carissa Johnson recalls, “We’re the last band of the last show of the Rumble.” A couple weeks earlier, the Andover punk rocker—accompanied by The Cure Alls featuring lead…Continue Reading →
Musicians performing in MBTA subway stations around Boston and Cambridge. Photos copyright 2017 and 2018 Greg Cook. Help Wonderland keep producing our great coverage of local arts, cultures and activism…Continue Reading →
Up past the golden lobby of Providence’s Columbus Theatre, still decorated with vintage posters advertising Verdi’s “La Traviata” and screenings of “The Song of the Soul” and Cecil B. DeMille’s…Continue Reading →
Organizers of the annual Honk! Festival of activist street bands had a handful of bands perform at Aeronaut in Somerville yesterday to celebrate festival volunteers and recruit more. Photos copyright…Continue Reading →