• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • HOME
  • NEWS+OPINIONS
    • NEWS TO US
    • COLUMNS
      • APPARENT HORIZON
      • DEAR READER
      • Close
    • LONGFORM FEATURES
    • OPINIONS
    • EDITORIAL
    • Close
  • ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
    • FILM
    • MUSIC
    • COMEDY
    • PERFORMING ARTS
    • VISUAL ARTS
    • Close
  • DINING+DRINKING
    • EATS
    • SIPS
    • BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU
    • Close
  • LIFESTYLE
    • CANNABIS
      • TALKING JOINTS MEMO
      • Close
    • WELLNESS
    • GTFO
    • Close
  • STUFF TO DO
  • TICKETS
  • ABOUT US
    • ABOUT
    • MASTHEAD
    • ADVERTISE
    • Close
  • BECOME A MEMBER

Dig Bos

The Dig - Greater Boston's Alternative News Source

Marvin Gaye

KIND OF BLUE: SHOWCASING MARVIN GAYE’S VULNERABLE SIDE AT BERKLEE

Written by MARTIN CABALLERO Posted December 3, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC

According to the man himself, The Ballads is the best Marvin Gaye album you’ve never heard of. Originally conceived to be Gaye’s debut as a jazz crooner in 1967, only to be abandoned and then restarted a decade later, The Ballads was completed but shelved indefinitely by ...  read more

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Aloe Blacc, Berklee, Bilal, Billy Epstein, Bobby Scott, Chris Turner, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Frank Sinatra, Here, Let’s Get It On, Marvin Gaye, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Motown Records, My Dear, Nat King Cole, Neo-Soul Ensemble, The Ballads, Vulnerable, VULNERABLE: A MARVIN GAYE TRIBUTE, What’s Going On

BADBAD AS IN GOOD

Written by MARTIN CABALLERO Posted December 1, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC

Photo By Connor Olthuis

 

Since forming in 2010, Toronto-based jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD have released three albums, played international festival stages, helped score RZA’s kung fu flick The Man With the Iron Fists, and served as the weekend band-in-residence at Coachella.

 

And yet, even ...  read more

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Adrian Younge, Alexander Sowinski, BADBADNOTGOOD, Chester Hansen, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Ghostface Killah, Gucci Mane, III, Jazz, Marvin Gaye, Matthew Tavares, middle east downstairs, Odd Future, psychedelic, Serge Gainsbourg, Shoegaze, soul, Sour Soul, The Beatles, The Revelations, Toronto

RUN FOR COVER: SMOKEY ROBINSON VS. POND: “TEARS OF A CLOWN”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted October 10, 2014 Filed Under: Performing Arts

Covering Motown staples can be a tricky thing: there's so much foundation, so much charm, and so little room for improvement. Pond acknowledged that and sat down to play their own loose, fun version.

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: 1966, 1970s, 2012, 2013, Australia, Beard Wives Denim, Boston, Column, Columnist, Cover, Cover song, Dig, DigBoston, Hobo Rocket, Indie Rock, Lonerism, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Music, Nick Allbrook, Nina Corcoran, Pond, pop, Psychedelic Rock, R&B, Run for Cover, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Tame Impala, Tears Of A Clown, The Flaming Lips, The Miracles

Primary Sidebar

LOCAL EVENTS

AAN Wire


Most Popular

  • Does Massachusetts Underestimate Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
  • The Most Expensive Massachusetts City For Car Insurance (No, It’s Not Boston)
  • If You Find A Mini Felted Animal Around Boston, This Is Where It Came From
  • FOTOBOM: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND @ TD GARDEN
  • Daring Greatly: TikTok Star Alden McWayne (aka Gucci Pineapple) On Scheming And Dreaming

Footer

Social Buttons

DigBoston facebook DigBoston Twitter DigBoston Instagram

Masthead

About

Advertise

Customer Service

About Us

DigBoston is a one-stop nexus for everything worth doing or knowing in the Boston area. It's an alt-weekly, it's a website, it's an email blast, it's a twitter account, it's that cool party that you were at last night ... hey, you're reading it, so it's gotta be good. For advertising inquiries: sales@digboston.com To reach editorial (and for inquiries about internship opportunities): editorial@digboston.com