Bell X1 @ Boston | 2008-09-18
Bell X1 @ Boston | 2008-09-18

Irish band Bell X1 stopped in Boston for their latest tour, playing at The Paradise on Thursday 18 September.

Laura Marling @ Boston | 2008-09-13
Laura Marling @ Boston | 2008-09-13

Laura Marling brought her angelic voice and lyrical melodies from her latest CD “Alas I Cannot Swim” to Boston as part of her “Fee Fie Fo Fum” tour.

Sigur Rós @ Boston | 2008-09-19
Sigur Rós @ Boston | 2008-09-19

Iceland’s own Sigur Rós played the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston on 19 September, supported by a fellow Icelandic band, Parachutes.

Live-blogging from concerts

Live-blogging concert pictures from the stage via cell phone

The Faint w/ Jaguar Love @ Boston
The Faint w/ Jaguar Love @ Boston

The Faint played Bostonon 20 August, supported by Jaguar Love and Genghis Tron

Buddy Guy | George Thorogood and the Destroyers | Hot Stove All Stars @ Boston
Buddy Guy | George Thorogood and the Destroyers | Hot Stove All Stars @ Boston

Buddy Guy, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, and the Hot Stove All Stars put on a incredible concert for the benefit of Theo & Paul Epstein’s Foundation To Be Named Later, at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston, 17 August 2008

Ronnie Drew dies; Irish music is a little more mournful today

Legendary singer Ronnie Drew, founder of quintessential Irish Traditional band The Dubliners, dies at age 73

TDS/TCR Improv Jam @ Del Close Marathon
TDS/TCR Improv Jam @ Del Close Marathon

Actors and writers from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report prove they can quit their day jobs Every year the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York sponsors a huge 48-hour non-stop improv festival in New York City to honor the memory of Del Close, the revered father of long-form improvisational theatre. Actors and [...]

Sheryl Crow @ Boston | 2008-07-30
Sheryl Crow @ Boston | 2008-07-30

I got a last-minute ticket to see Sheryl Crow at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston on July 30. It was too late to get a photo pass and so I brought my new Canon G9 point-and-shoot. Although it turns out that some people brought their giant DSLRs and I probably could have too. [...]

Foreigner & Bryan Adams @ Foxwoods
Foreigner & Bryan Adams @ Foxwoods

Foreigner and Bryan Adams played a double bill at the new MGM Grand in Mashantucket, Connecticut, on 16 July. They are doing a tour together as two main acts; I think they take turns on who is opening. The night I went, it was Bryan playing first. I unfortunately missed the first couple of songs [...]