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JAY BRANNAN: ROB ME BLIND

Posted on July 12, 2012 by SEAN MCCABE
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Jay Brannan’s tunes are, at best, nothing you haven’t heard before. Continue reading →

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DIG THIS: INGRID MICHAELSON @ HOUSE OF BLUES

Posted on May 15, 2012 by SEAN CLANCY
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Soon her songs were appearing in Grey’s Anatomy, Old Navy commercials and oodles of “totally precious” post-hookup mixes for Sunday brunches worldwide—not to mention our hearts. Continue reading →

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DIG THIS: BETH ORTON @ BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL

Posted on May 14, 2012 by SEAN CLANCY
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People say singer-songwriter’s are a dime a dozen these days. People that only we know, and who still use phrases like “a dime a dozen.” Well, those wholly real, not-made-up people are totes wrong. Continue reading →

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REPORTING LIVE: CASS MCCOMBS

Posted on July 19, 2011 by JESSE SCHWARTZ
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Cass McCombs is a mysterious man. But the appeal of his inventive, beautiful songwriting is much less elusive. Cass put on a show at TT the Bear’s last night–check out how it went. Continue reading →

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RON SEXSMITH @ TT THE BEARS

Posted on March 23, 2011 by J. PAT
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So. A few things—one, acclaimed Canadian singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith will be at T.T. the Bear’s this evening. Two, yes, that is his real name. Three, Sexsmith will be playing tracks from his much-loved latest offering, Long Player, Late Bloomer, which was produced by fellow canucklehead, the legendary Bob Rock. Four, yes, that is also his real name. Five, oh yeah, totally, he’s that dude from Some Kind of Monster, he did the producing for The Black Album. Six, it is a little weird, innit? Seven, seriously, Canada has simultaneously the best and the worst names for things. Eight.

[Sun. 3.27.11. 10 Brookline St., Central Sq., Cambridge. 617.492.2327. 9pm/18+/$13. ttthebears.com]

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JOE YOUNG @ JOHNNY D’S

Posted on January 24, 2011 by J. PAT
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We would call Granite State solo-folkster Joe Young “Mighty” Joe Young, but we’re pretty sure that somebody else must have thought of that by now. Hell, we’ll check. Hmmm. Ha, seriously? Hot damn! We’re the first! Fuck yeah, we are totally milking this. John Darnielle, if John Darnielle had friends in high school, comes to Johnny D’s this evening, packed taut those sort of twangy, soulful tunes that’ll make you glad you saw him before his ticket-prices hit the high double-digits. They don’t call him “Mighty” Joe Young for nothing! And by they, we mean us. [17 Holland St., Davis Sq., Somerville. 617.776.2004. 8pm/$5. johnnyds.com]

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