“It’s going to be fun to really try to shape a collection of songs into one kind of theme, we’ve been tinkering pretty hard.”
Music
The Dig Interview: David Shaw From the Revivalists
“We’re all transplants, so we try to be culture-bearers but it’s a delicate thing. We want to be extremely respectful.”
STL GLD Still Needs (and Deserves) Your Undivided Attention
The Boston hip-hop boundary breakers’ Rock Boyega taps top talent, transports region and entire genre through an epic perpetual pandemic experience
The Dig Interview: Mike Sullivan From Russian Circles
“Music can hit you in a variety of different ways, but for us what matters the most is that it makes a connection. You can acknowledge the emotion behind it and it’ll resonate with you without lyrics.”
The Dig Interview: Scott Ayotte From Born Without Bones On Not Giving Up
“It feels like this is what you’re supposed to be doing and in a way it feels like the universe wanted me to do this and it sent me a message to tell me that I was on the right path the whole time.”
The Dig Interview: Brian Aubert From Silversun Pickups
“The longevity brings a certain kind of feeling with some people that you don’t have about yourself because you don’t take yourself seriously.”
Guest Opinion: The Real Impact Of Having Fewer and Fewer Local Opening Acts
Local support benefits everyone—the opener gets an opportunity, the headliner gets a warmed-up crowd, the crowd sees a new band, the band gets new fans, the venue gets a longer show …
Philharmonical Warfare: The Forgotten Story Of the BSO’s Cold War Collaboration With the CIA
How the government secretly paid for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to promote American cultural enlightenment
Pao Arts Center Celebrates Five Years Of Community and Creativity
“Servicing the community in a way that brings arts and culture to the forefront.”
The Dig Interview: Ewan Currie From the Sheepdogs
“I like rock as an escape … music is at its best when it’s uplifting and takes you to a good place.”