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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Jig is up for Celtic Woman

BEVY: Lynn Hilary, Alex Sharpe, Mairead Nesbitt, and Chloe Agnew.

By Brett Milano / / Music Review: Celtic Woman

Celtic Woman may be total kitsch, but it’s Irish kitsch - complete with pretty voices, dancing fiddlers, flashing...

Omission accomplished

Stevie Ray Vaughan (eligible since 2008)

By Ira Kantor

Five performing acts will be inducted into the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow...

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Dropkicks rock annual St. Patrick’s gig

WHAT A SCREAM! Dropkick Murphys fans of all ages crowd into yesterday’s sold-out afternoon show at the House of Blues.

By Jim Sullivan

When Dropkick Murphys play an all-ages show during their St. Patrick’s Day...

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Lady Gaga rings up sex and violence for ‘Telephone’

By Jed Gottlieb

Pop stars still make videos. Loads and loads of them. But with MTV programming reality...

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Friday, March 12, 2010

Murphys’ Law

By Jim Sullivan

It’s a Boston tradition. For a six-day stretch that includes St. Patrick’s...

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Jay-Z dazzles in diamond of show

By Lauren Carter / Music review: Jay-Z, with Young Jeezy and Trey Songz

Jay-Z seems to defy natural law. At 40, he stands at the helm of a youth-oriented...

TINDERSTICKS

By Jim Sullivan

Tindersticks, the English band fronted by singer-songwriter-guitarist Stuart Staples, is nothing if not measured and melancholic. On “Falling Down a Mountain,”...

KARAN CASEY AND JOHN DOYLE; GRADA

By Kevin R. Convey

“Exiles Return” (Compass) A- “Natural Angle” (Compass) B There’d be no St. Patrick’s celebrations as we know them...

CLEM SNIDE

By Jed Gottlieb

Only Clem Snide mastermind Eef Barzelay can turn a “Walmart Parking Lot” into a setting of heartbreak and redemption. Only Barzelay can sing “I...

For sports fans, ‘Shipping Up’ is whipping up excitement

By Michael Marrotta

Not just Boston. The Dropkick Murphys’ fiery 2005 Celtic-punk anthem “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” has shipped across the country and...

Gigs around town

By Brett Milano

FRIDAY OLOF ARNALDS The Icelandic Joanna Newsom - or at least a singer/harpist whose music has similar beauty and mystery. At T.T. the Bear’s Place,...

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE

By Bill Brotherton

If you’ve yet to visit the bizarro world inhabited by Anton Newcombe and his loopy crew, hitch a ride on this spaceship. The California collective has...

TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS

By Jed Gottlieb

So few take rock seriously that when someone spits genuine anger and love it’s striking. Leo invents no new sounds, but like the rest of his catalog,...

LUDACRIS

By Lauren Carter

Ludacris’ seventh album could have aired deeper issues between the sexes. Instead, it’s a parade of sexual come-ons and odes to the female anatomy...

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Chieftains show who’s boss

The Chieftains performed at Worcester’s Hanover Theatre on Tuesday.

By Jim Sullivan / Review

There are St. Patrick’s Day traditions Bostonians count on - among them, the Pogues on Lansdowne Street and the...

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WHAT A SCREAM! Dropkick Murphys fans of all ages crowd into yesterday’s sold-out afternoon show at the House of Blues.
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