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NEVER A DHOL MOMENT: 15TH ANNUAL BOSTON BHANGRA COMPETITION

Written by JILLIAN KRAVATZ Posted November 15, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

Amit Bhambi has been around Bhangra all his life. The colorful costumes, the upbeat music, the expressions and energetic movements—all of it is familiar to him. When he asks Americans unfamiliar with the Punjabi-style dance what they think of it?

 

“They ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: bhangra, Boston, competition, Dance, orpheum theatre, preview

TOGETHER FEST: HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR DANCE TIME

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted September 21, 2018 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

Boston’s low-key electronic music festival returns bigger and brighter, so we asked several acts to share advice on maximizing your experience there.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2018, Bamboozle, Boston, Cambridge, Dance, Dig, DigBoston, DJ, Electronic, Interview, John Debo, Lenore, local music, Middlesex Lounge, Music, Notes From the Scene, Sophie, Soul Clap, Together, Together 2018, Together Boston

THE BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2018 (SO FAR)

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted June 28, 2018 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews

From alternative hip-hop to chamber folk, here's a cheat sheet to Boston's best music of the year so far.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews Tagged With: 2018, Allston, alt-rock, BAERD, Best Local Albums, Born on the Stairs, Boston, Cambridge, Crete, Dance, Dig, DigBoston, Edge Petal Burn, Electronic, errorzone, Experimental, Fiddlehead, Finicky Things, Folk, Foreclosure, Francine, Free Yourself Up, Glass Cannon, hip hop, Indie Rock, Jamaica Plain, Kal Marks, Lake Street Dive, local albums, local music, metal, Michael Christmas, Music, Nature Shots, Nick Minieri, No Dogs Allowed, Notes From the Scene, Pink Navel, pop, Prior Panic, rap, review, Reviews, rock, Role Model, Sidney Gish, Smell Smoke, Speedy Ortiz, Springtime and Blind, Swatchbook, Twerp Verse, Universal Care, Vein, Vundabar, When We Were Loud

STEPPING OUT: PRO DANCER ANA MASACOTE OPENS UP ABOUT BEING BISEXUAL IN THE SALSA SCENE

Written by MICAELA KIMBALL Posted June 5, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Non-fiction, Performing Arts

"I realized the power I had was in really being myself and living my truth. I wasn’t willing to hide to make others more comfortable."

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Non-fiction, Performing Arts Tagged With: Ana Masacote, Boston, Boston Pride, Cambridge, Dance, dance company, LGBTQ, salsa, sexuality

THE BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2017 (SO FAR)

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted June 26, 2017 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews

From homegrown rock to hometown rap, here's a cheat sheet to Boston's best music of the year.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews Tagged With: 2017, Allston, alt-rock, avenue, baby, Bat House, Beeef, Boston, Cambridge, Che Ecru, country, Dance, Dig, DigBoston, Dorchester, Doug Tuttle, Elder, Electronic, Experimental, Folk, hip hop, Indie Rock, Jamaica Plain, Jazz, Juliana Hatfield, Lenderson, Lilith, local albums, local music, Milk, Music, Notes From the Scene, Palehound, Pile, pop, rap, Reviews, rock, Sidney Gish, The Solars

TOGETHER BOSTON: THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted May 12, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

Put your phone in your pocket and meet your friends at the club. It's time to dance. Boston's best electronic festival is back.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2017, Alessandro Cortini, Allston, Avalon Emerson, Boston, brighton music hall, Cambridge, Dance, Dee Diggs, Dig, DigBoston, EDM, Electronic, house, Interview, Kerri Chandler, KNTRL, Leon Vynehall, Magda, middle east downstairs, Middlesex Lounge, Music, Notes From the Scene, Octo Octa, Pantha Du Prince, Phoenix Landing, Solar, Soul Clap, Soulelujah!, The Sinclair, Together Boston, Umfang

‘LAKOU AYITI’: JEAN APPOLON BRINGS HAITI HOME

Written by MICAELA KIMBALL Posted March 14, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Lakou Ayiti, which debuts at the BCA this Friday and runs through the weekend, draws from both Appolon’s own immigration experience, as well as those of some of his dancers and from others in the Hub’s Haitian community.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: BCA, Dance, Haiti, Jean Appolon, Lakou Ayiti

KERO KERO BONITO: HOW DIGITIZED SUGAR POP CAME TO LIFE

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted October 28, 2016 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

The J-pop trio talks about PC Music, N64 songs, and how they find a balance between British dance and Japanese pop.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2016, Bonito Generation, Boston, British, Cambridge, Cartoon Network, Dance, Dig, DigBoston, Electronic, Interview, J-Pop, japanese, Kane West, Kero Kero Bonito, Music, Neil Voss, PC Music, Peewee Herman, pop, The Sinclair

ALBUM PREMIERE: KID MOUNTAIN – TRINKLES

Written by ANNA MARKETTI Posted March 4, 2016 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews

Bright, shimmering, almost glittering--"Trinkles" is a testament to Kid Mountain's staying power in the Boston scene. A worthy followup to Happies, let it be your soundtrack to the first foray into spring.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews Tagged With: ambient, Boston, Dance, Dig, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Dream Pop, Kid Mountain, New album, Shoegaze, Trinkles, Trippy

THE PILL: BRITPOP’S BIGGEST DANCE PARTY IS BACK

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted August 13, 2015 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

It's a reunion weekend dance battle between Blur's Country House and Oasis' Roll With It. Can you handle it?

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Blur, Boston, Britpop, Dance, Dig, DigBoston, DJ Ken, Franz Ferdinand, great scott, Jen Sullivan, Michael Marotta, New Order, Oasis, Reunion, Suede, The Dandy Warhols, The Pill, The Rapture, The Smiths

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