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Irish-American fiddler Martin Hayes explores the boundaries of traditional music

In Music Stories by Matthew EverettJuly 19, 2017leave a COMMENT

The fiddler Martin Hayes was born in 1962, in County Clare, Ireland. It was a complicated, heady time for traditional Irish music. Dance bands like Tulla Céilí Band, which Hayes’ …

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New singles from Senryu and Siphon preview upcoming albums

In Music Stories, Program Notes by Matthew EverettJuly 5, 2017leave a COMMENT

  The local indie/art-pop band Senryu has been relatively quiet the last few years, as its frantic workaholic frontman and songwriter, Wil Wright, has pursued other projects, principally the wizard-rap …

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Knox prog band Cerulia previews “Sons of Thunder” from new album

In Music Stories by Matthew EverettJune 28, 2017leave a COMMENT

Progressive rock has been back in the news recently—The Show That Never Ends, Washington Post reporter David Weigel’s new history of pomptastic 1970s bands like Yes, King Crimson, and Emerson, …

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Kevin Abernathy gets to the point on ‘Family Hour’

In Music Reviews by Matthew EverettJune 21, 2017leave a COMMENT

For the last decade, Kevin Abernathy has been releasing an album every couple of years, each one showcasing a slightly different side of his musicianship. He dug into Southern rock …

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‘Artrock’ EP release show will double as actual art show

In Music Stories, Program Notes by Matthew EverettJune 21, 2017leave a COMMENT

Albert Murrian’s new EP—the first of a series of three related releases planned for the near future—is called Artrock, and all four of its songs (“O Pablo,” “I Want an …

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