Posts Tagged ‘music’
New England Conservatory student loses $170k violin in Philadelphia
Philadelphia police say they just want to help a Boston musician to get her $170,000 violin back. According to Philadelphia police and KYW-TV, Muchen Hsieh took the Megabus to Philly Tuesday night, arriving around 11 p.m. But some 30 minutes later, Hsieh realized she had left the violin behind. [...]
Listen Up! Record Store Day Q&A
By: Anne Vickman The third Saturday of the month is rapidly approaching, which means the fourth annual Record Store Day is nigh! This weekend, vinylphiles and tunehounds alike will forsake sleeping in and pancakes at the diner for a chance to purchase rare and limited release records as soon as [...]
More Sleaziness from the Monitor Group
By: Paul Kix It’s one thing to work with the Libyan government, under the guise of introducing its otherwise rapacious leaders to Western ideals. This is what the Monitor Group , the Cambridge-based consulting firm, with plenty of Harvard professors on the payroll , said it wanted to do when [...]
Does Boston Need an Anthem?
By: Janelle Nanos Is there something missing about your life in Boston that you just can’t put your finger on? Well, two Berklee College of Music students may have identified what’s causing that caustic hole in your soul: The City of Boston needs an anthem. Wait, wait, you’re thinking. Boston [...]
The Boston Celtics And New York Knicks Try To Buck Recent Trends In Tonight’s Game
Boston Celtics (49-19, 20-13 away) @ New York Knicks (35-34, 19-14 home) Time: 7:30 PM EST, March 21st, 2011 Venue: Madison Square Garden Officials: Monty McCutchen, Eric Lewis, Sean Wright The Line: The Celtics are 2-0 against the Knicks in the "Amar'e Era", but have not yet faced the [...]
Lack of Practice Makes Imperfect
One of the reasons why the starters have looked sloppy while the bench has stepped up as of late has been the uneven practice time given to the first and second units. With all the games and back and forth travel, Doc has decided to limit the starters between games and the backups are getting [...]
Celtics Clinch Atlantic Division Title
Celtics Clinch Atlantic Division Title With a loss by the New York Knicks to the Milwaukee Bucks today, the Boston Celtics have clinched the 2011 Atlantic Division. Here is the original post: Celtics Clinch Atlantic Division Title
Music Fix: The Low Anthem
By: Anne Vickman The first time I heard the Providence-based band The Low Anthem I was floored. Unfortunately it was after they played a show with Annie and the Beekeepers at the Lizard Lounge a year or so ago, which I skipped because I’m an idiot. The gentle, whispery vocals of Ben Knox Miller [...]
The To-Do List: 2.24.11
Events to check out this week, straight from our desks at Boston magazine. More here: The To-Do List: 2.24.11
Album Review: DeVotchKa
By: Anne Vickman Denver-based DeVotchKa’s fifth studio album, 100 Lovers , comes out next Tuesday, March 1. The band, perhaps most well known for scoring the soundtrack to the film Little Miss Sunshine , has a knack for percussion and string-heavy music evocative of dusky cabarets and the [...]
