Some of the best folk music cover versions of Beatles songs that I have heard have been by female singers. Mary McCaslin and Shawn Colvin, for example, are two who found ways to foster new levels of appreciation for some of those classic tunes. But guys deserve a chance at those great songs as well, […]
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Making Noise: Kate & the Rocket’s new release combines talents
Piano-playing singer-songwriter Kate Schrock and drummer/percussionist/producer Todd the Rocket met last year when both were panelists at a Portland Music Foundation event. A conversation sparked a mutual interest in playing together and within weeks, they played their first show as Kate & The Rocket. That was followed by a summer-long regular gig at the Brunswick […]
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Face the Music: North Star’s closing a blow, but big shows are coming
I had every intention of sending you to a show tonight at the North Star Music Cafe, aka one of my favorite satellite offices, aka one of my favorite live music venues. That is, until the hard-to-swallow e-mail arrived from owner Kim Anderson announcing the closing of the venue this past Sunday. They just couldn’t […]
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Topical ‘Daily Show’ creator will mock the media for locals
Lizz Winstead honed a lot of her comedy instincts during the first Gulf War. Before that, she had always used politics as a source of her stand-up routines. But watching the blitz of media coverage for that war convinced her that the media itself had become a character in the political conversation. And a funny […]
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From the Editor: Let the Lady speak – she’s a citizen, too
Here we go again. The news that Lady Gaga was going to deliver a speech at Deering Oaks on Monday in favor of repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” had barely hit our website when the comments starting pouring in. Not about the policy concerning gays in the military. There were a few of those. But […]
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What Ales You: Home brewing time is here, so read this and get hopping
It is time to start home brewing. The temperatures have cooled, the hops are just about ready in our garden and, since I have a tiny TV in my cellar brewing area, I spent the commercials of the Patriots’ season opener getting ready for the brewing season. You can brew beer in the summer, but […]
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A solid report card for teen-angsty ‘Easy A’
The ghost of John Hughes smiles upon “Easy A,” a film that freely and giddily borrows from and pays tribute to Hughes’ famous Holy Trinity of ’80s teen angst comedies. Like those films — “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” — “Easy A” taps into teen insecurities, teen posing, the maddening […]
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Art and Theater: Listings
• CLASSICAL MUSIC Maine Mountain Chamber Music, University of Maine (Nordica Auditorium), Farmington. $7-$9; free for children under 16. www.artsinstitute.org. 3 p.m. Sunday. Quintetssentials, string quartet, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick. Free. 798-4141. 3 p.m. Sunday. • DANCE MIRAGE: An Evening of Belly Dance, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $15-$25. 775-5568. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. […]
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Music and Nightlife: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Austin guy in Portland city limits AUSTIN, TEXAS-BASED singer-songwriter Bob Schneider brings his funny/sharp-witted/tragic songs to Port City Music Hall on Friday. Although he’s from Austin, his music has traces of funk as well as rock, country and folk. WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday WHERE: Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland HOW […]