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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

R&B

BAD RABBITS AT 10: THE BELOVED BAND AND BOSTON MUSIC FANS REFLECT ON THE STICK UP KIDS EP

Written by CANDACE MCDUFFIE Posted December 26, 2019 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

"We wanted to make sure if you were playing a show, before or after us, you were terrified because we made it impossible for you to top what the crowd just saw."

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Bad Rabbits, BMA, BMAs, Boston, Boston music, DUA, Music, R&B, Salim, Sheel, Stick Up Kids, TiDES

NANCIA: FROM RINDGE, TO FRINGE, TO OPENING FOR KIM, THE CAMBRIDGE R&B SINGER HAS HUSTLED RELENTLESSLY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 25, 2019 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

“For me, the roots of R&B are gospel vocals. There’s a common story line—love, love, love, love, love. I try to shy away from that, ’cause everything is not love. I’m still R&B, but I want to go outside the boundaries.”

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Boston, Cambridge, Lil Kim, Music, Nancia, R&B, Smokehouse

MARCELA CRUZ AND THE R&B GRIND OF A LOWELL NATIVE IN BOSTON

Written by MORGAN HUME Posted February 5, 2019 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

“I just want to sing,” Cruz says. “But I have come to realize that we don’t live in a world now where you can just focus on creating and be able to make a living off of that. The business side is just as important.”

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Boston, Lowell, Marcela Cruz, Music, R&B

TOMMY BOY: HYDE PARK NATIVE LISA BELLO GAVE UP TEACHING FOR TOURING

Written by MORGAN HUME Posted December 4, 2018 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

“Having the feeling of seeing other people affected by my music is what drives me and makes me feel so passionate. It’s what makes me not want to give up.”

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: BMA, BMAs, Boston, Boston music, Boston Music Awards, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Lisa Bello, R&B, Tommy Boy

ED BALLOON: FLOATING THROUGH ELECTRO-POP R&B

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted June 4, 2018 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

How the son of Nigerian immigrants is making his own path in Boston's music scene with electronic, pop, and indie-bent R&B.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2018, Allston, Boston, Dig, DigBoston, Ed Balloon, electro pop, great scott, Interview, local music, Music, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Notes From the Scene, Quincy, R&B

WHEEL OF TUNES: WYCLEF JEAN

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted February 28, 2018 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

For our recurring interview series, the iconic rapper talks Fela Kuti, stripper poles, and escaping death in the ’80s.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2018, Boston, Dig, DigBoston, Fela Kuti, Haiti, hip hop, Interview, Music, R&B, rap, The Carnival, The Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refuge, The Fugees, The Wilbur, Wheel of Tunes, Wyclef Jean

HAASAN BARCLAY: THE MAGICAL MYSTERY CONTOUR

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted November 14, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

Boston-bred artist Haasan Barclay brings his R&B hip-hop onto a psychedelic journey with his new mixtape, 800 Fantasy Lane.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2017, 800 Fantasy Lane, Boston, Dig, DigBoston, Haasan Barclay, hip hop, Interview, local music, Michael Christmas, Music, Notes From the Scene, OG Swaggerdick, R&B

TRACK REVIEW: SHEA ROSE – “D​.​T​.​M​.​A. (B-52’S COVER)”

Written by Chala Tshitundu Posted February 4, 2017 Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews

It takes exceptional artistry to turn an '80s groove track into an R&B social justice anthem. Luckily for us, we have Shea Rose.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: '80s, 2017, B-52s, Boston, Cover, Cover song, Dig, DigBoston, Dirty Dancing, local music, Music, R&B, Reviews, shea rose, social justice, soul, track review

LIVE AND LOCAL: FIVE BOSTON ACTS THAT NEED TO BE ON YOUR RADAR

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted June 27, 2016 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews

From '90s rap to math rock, new music is on the way from some of Massachusetts' most underrated acts.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews Tagged With: 2016, Acoustic, Allston, amherst, blues, Boston, Dig, DigBoston, Emo, Gauntly, Gay Sin, Indie Rock, local music, Math Rock, Mr. Airplain Man, new music, Pop Rock, R&B, rap, Sharpest

REVIEW: THE WEEKND @ DCU CENTER, THU 11/12

Written by IAN DOREIAN Posted November 16, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews

R&B crooner The Weeknd brought the heart-shaped groove to Worcester on Thursday.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: 2015, Boston, DCU Center, Dig, DigBoston, Kiss Land, live, R&B, review, The Maddness, The Weeknd, Worcester

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