There’s a reason the 2017 Boston Music Awards picks aren’t what you’d expect.
2017
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK: THE BEST PLACES IN BOSTON ACCORDING TO MUSICIANS
Pile, Speedy Ortiz, Avenue, and more local musicians share their favorite spots around the city for our back-to-school guide.
WHEEL OF TUNES: JUANA MOLINA
Argentinian experimental musician Juana Molina talks socks, silent films, and cave spelunking.
WEAKENED FRIENDS KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH J MASCIS
Weakened Friends are living the Massachusetts music dream and you can, too.
STARLABFEST: AN END-OF-SUMMER PARTY TO REMEMBER
The music and arts Somerville festival returns with Laika's Orbit, Boston Cream, Baby!, and more.
NICK SHEA: OLD-SCHOOL HIP-HOP MEETS NEW-SCHOOL OUTLOOKS
Meet the Boston rapper who’s repping old-school hip-hop in the vein of A Tribe Called Quest at just 20 years old.
HAYLEY THOMPSON-KING: BOSTON’S SOUTHERN SINGER OPENS UP ABOUT EMOTIONAL PURGING
The Boston country singer talks biblical feminists, psychotic melancholia, and singing as a form of inspirational purging.
BABY BOOMING: HOW INDIE POPPER BABY! FOUND A NEW HOME IN BOSTON
After leaving Florida, Kaley Honeycutt found a new home for her surf pop band Baby! right here in Boston.
MADAME GANDHI: THE FUTURE IS FEMALE (AND SHE’LL PUT UP A FIGHT)
The solo musician, activist, and former M.I.A. drummer knows the future is worth fighting for and she knows how to get us there.
BARRENCE WHITFIELD: THE OLD SOUL OF BOSTON’S ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
How an ex-Nuggets Records employee became the secret rock ’n’ roll hero Boston needed.