Chris Daughtry had the kind of chart-busting immediate success that rarely happens in music these days, selling more than a million copies of his 2006 self-titled CD in the first five weeks of its release and going on to rack up nearly 4.5 million copies sold overall. It was quite a statement for Daughtry, who, […]
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DVD Releases
Apocalypse now: The worst has happened and Denzel Washington tries to clean up the mess in ‘The Book of Eli.’
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Eat & Run: Jen’s is busy, for a reason
A little bit off the beaten track for restaurants in Brunswick is a new breakfast mecca: Jen’s Place on Stanwood Street. I love breakfast food, and am always on the lookout for new breakfast-centric places to eat, so I was very excited when I read all the rave reviews on mrbreakfast.com of this new place. […]
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Having guests? Try a gifted cellist and his Stradivarius
When she moved to Maine a decade ago, Janna Hymes came up with an idea that seemed both outlandish and far-fetched: a professional orchestra in midcoast Maine. “We have plenty of chamber music around here, and very good chamber music too,” she said. “But we lacked an orchestra, and I felt this area deserved a […]
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From the Editor: Hear, hear: Go forth and listen – locally
I’ve always been a music geek. For as long as I can remember, I would obsess over the Billboard Hot 100 and memorize discographies of my favorite bands like sports fans do with athletes. Every dollar I had went toward a new album or single. When I was old enough, I would road-trip with my […]
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Cheap Thrills
MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE SINGER-SONGWRITER DON CAMPBELL is back in Maine — he spends a lot of time in Nashville these days — and is working on an album of adult contemporary music. He’ll offer a preview of some of these tunes, and some of his old favorites, at a free show tonight at G&R DiMillo’s restaurant. […]
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Making Noise: Sound idea
Planets Around the Sun is about harmony, in every way.
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Et CeteraOff Beat: Make mine a medium
Try a psychic reading at the North Star Music Cafe.
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Face the Music: Red Curtain lets you buy local with Lady Lamb, Loblolly Boy
I heard Sara Willis talking about the following show during a recent broadcast of “In Tune by Ten” on Maine Public Radio, and if it gets her stamp of approval, then it sure as heck gets mine. I’ve never met her, but if Sara Willis isn’t the coolest person pretty much ever, then I don’t […]