Copyright (c) 2007 The Phoenix Media/Communications Grouphttp://www.thephoenix.com/Musicpage:article_ektid50274.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50274.aspxOpera Boston’s Ainadamar, plus Ida Haendel, the BSO, and West Side Story
Is it possible for a work of art to seem both completely sincere in its intentions and at the same time counterfeit and manipulative? ]]>10/30/2007 5:34:21 PMpage:article_ektid50248.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50248.aspxThe Go! Team, Paradise, October 25, 2007
There’s one thing the Go! Team’s cheerleading frontwoman, Ninja, does not like to do: walk. ]]>10/30/2007 4:11:27 PMpage:article_ektid50243.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50243.aspxSinéad O’Connor, Orpheum Theatre, October 22, 2007
Sinéad O’Connor still has a terrific voice, but the diminutive Irish singer did not seem wholly interested in being at the Orpheum Theatre a week ago Monday. ]]>10/30/2007 4:04:48 PMpage:article_ektid50223.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50223.aspxNotes on Mieka Pauley, Ron Pownall, and Deborah Henson-Conant
Somerville-based singer-songwriter Mieka Pauley may have a degree in biological anthropology from Harvard, but right now music is her primary focus. ]]>10/30/2007 3:17:44 PMpage:article_ektid50211.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50211.aspxThe battles of a blues belter
]]>10/30/2007 2:09:25 PMpage:article_ektid50208.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50208.aspxAlison Krauss and Robert Plant lead an Americana resurgence
There’s a blues and old-school R&B resurgence rumbling in the indie-music underground, and it goes well beyond the icky thump of the White Stripes. ]]>10/30/2007 2:03:06 PMpage:article_ektid50204.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50204.aspxCass McCombs finds his indie-folk footing
Cass McCombs upends standard persona-building moves. ]]>10/30/2007 1:47:25 PMpage:article_ektid50194.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50194.aspxBreaking news from the concert ticket trade
M.I.A., Sheila Divine, Rhett Miller, and more. ]]>10/30/2007 12:49:17 PMpage:article_ektid50159.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50159.aspxOn the cutting edge of mash-up culture
Shrouded in mystery and allied with those subversive, copyright-infringing folks in Negativland, the Illegal Art label has been flaunting its liberal interpretation of “fair use” since 1998. ]]>10/29/2007 4:31:19 PMpage:article_ektid50143.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50143.aspxDrug Rug turn a relationship into a band
Sarah Cronin and Tommy Allen have just opened a box of T-shirts sent by their record label. ]]>10/29/2007 4:08:28 PMpage:article_ektid50154.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50154.aspx100 Days and 100 Nights | Daptone
You can’t really call Sharon Jones a retro soulster. ]]>10/29/2007 4:19:59 PMpage:article_ektid50148.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50148.aspxThe Shepherd's Dog | Sub Pop
Sam Beam, the singer-songwriter behind the name Iron & Wine, made a name for himself with the four-track masterpiece The Creek Drank the Cradle in 2002. ]]>10/29/2007 4:14:33 PMpage:article_ektid50140.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50140.aspxCease to Begin | Sub Pop
Much has changed for Band of Horses and their mercurial frontguy, singer/guitarist Ben Bridwell, since they quietly released their debut album. ]]>10/29/2007 4:02:05 PMpage:article_ektid50134.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50134.aspxShout!
What pioneering American indie label issued records by both the Beatles and John Lee Hooker? ]]>10/29/2007 3:54:53 PMpage:article_ektid50128.aspxhttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid50128.aspxCoco | Universal
This singer-songwriter is part of an emerging breed of Billboard-climbing folk-pop babes using YouTube and MySpace to build a devoted audience from the hard drive up. ]]>10/29/2007 3:47:41 PM