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Rob Zombie is back

Rosemary — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:55:10 +0000

The Haverhill, Mass., native and former White Zombie frontman will bring his sequel to “Halloween” — H2 — to theaters this coming August. Tyler Mane will return as Michael Meyers.

Zombie began his directing duties with his “House of 1,000 Corpses,” released in 2003. While he’s still devoted to his music career, Zombie’s film career is picking up speed. This year he’s got three films on his plate.

Besides “H2,” Zombie is helming “Tyrammosaurus Rex” and “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.”

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Boston’s ‘More Than A Feeling’ rocks latest ‘Madagascar’

Rosemary — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:03:43 +0000

The coolest critters to ever rock celluloid also have great taste in music. Fans of the band Boston were excited to learn that their favorite rock band is also popular with those cool as cucumber Penguins: Skipper, Kowalski, Private and Rico.
Watch and listen carefully until you see those wacky penguins pop an 8-Track into the dashboard of their jeep. Suddenly, the multi-platinum recording, “More Than A Feeling,” written and recorded by guitar wizard Tom Scholz for his band BOSTON fills the theater.
Scholz said, “What a kick to have them to use my song in the movie! Helping animals is my passion and I loved the original Madagascar movie. Now I get to watch the sequel with the penguins partying to my guitar licks! How cool is that!”

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Prospect Hill scores huge show

Rosemary — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:48:32 +0000

These rockers from Lawrence, Mass., will play Worcester’s Palladium Nov. 14 with giants like Hinder, Trapt and Rev Theory.

They’re latest single, 4 a.m., has been getting some local airplay and rave reviews. Check it out on their Myspace page.

Tickets cost $25. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. For more click here.

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Former Phish bassist Mike Gordon plays Portsmouth, N.H.

Rosemary — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:37:23 +0000

Mike Gordon plays the historic Portsmouth Music Hall in on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008 at 8 p.m.
Gordon took 2007 off from touring and dedicated his time to writing his new album, “The Green Sparrow,” an assimilation of free-form rock & roll, calypso, pop and funk.

The album includes guest appearances from Gordon’s Phish band mates Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell, as well as Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead), Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones), Ivan Neville and horn players from Antibalas.

His touring band includes longtime collaborator Scott Murawski on guitar, fellow Vermonters Tom Cleary on keys and Craig Myers on percussion and Brooklyn drummer Todd Isler.

Doors for the all ages, reserved seating show will open at 7:15 p.m. with the show beginning promptly at 8 p.m. Tickets are $29.25-$34.25 in advance and $32.75-$37.75 day of show (plus all applicable service fees). Tickets go on sale on Friday, Oct. 10 at noon and may be purchased online at www.themusichall.org, or charge by phone at 603-436-2400.

For more information, contact Higher Ground at 802-652-0777 or go to www.highergroundmusic.com. All dates, acts, and ticket prices subject to change without notice. This show co-sponsored by The River.

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Don’t miss this . . .

Rosemary — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:54:10 +0000

The Summer’s End Music Festival happens Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Beach Club in Salisbury, Mass.

Acts include: The Change Up, Before the Crash, The Han Solos, Not Broken, Davey K and the 7th Sense, DJ Zati, Before the Rise, Eyes of March, Dylan Pollard, and The Crop Circles.

I hear it’s going to be killer. Doors open at 3 p.m. people. For information and tickets call 978-314-5727.

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Q&A with Tony Enos

Rosemary — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:07:08 +0000

For those of you who’ve seen today’s paper, I wrote a story about the upcoming Artist Expo in Lawrence next Thursday. Here is a Q&A interview with one of the featured acts, Tony Enos.

Me: Where are you from?
Tony: I am born and raised in Philadelphia.

Me: How did you get into music?
Tony: I’ve been singing and performing since I was 2. Then when I was 14, I started dancing and choreographing professionally. So my music got put on the back burner for a while. It wasn’t ’til my mid teens that I really started to break away from the dance industry and concentrate on being a recording artist.

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Collective Soul, Blues Traveler, Live, Oh my

Rosemary — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:20:17 +0000

The three bands rocked Lowell, Mass., last night. Our intern Greg West attended with his little brother (in a G-Unit shirt).

Here’s what Greg had to say about the show — check back later, we’ll have photos:

Last night, the show at the Lowell Memorial Theater was “Back to the Future” all over again. I relived the ’90s, and how sweet that experience was. Collective Soul, Blues Traveler, and Live gave an awesome performance.
Collective Soul started the show, and played, among others, some of their more well known songs, such as “Shine,” “Hollywood” and “December.”
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Revolutionary band plays Hampton Beach in N.H.

Rosemary — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:48 +0000

Spoke to Benj Gershman recently, bass player for O.A.R..
The band — Marc Roberge (vocals, electric & acoustic guitar), Richard On (electric guitar & background vocals), Jerry DePizzo (saxophone) and Chris Culos (drums) formed in 1996 while still in high school.
Gershman remembered those teen years quite well. (more…)

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No two experiences the same at Warped Tour ‘08

Rosemary — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:53:43 +0000

This just in from eager reader Jaden on the Warped Tour:

In the early years of the Warped Tour, the daylong musical event featuring multiple fast-paced, hard-hitting punk and ska acts certainly wasn’t for everyone.
What started in 1994 as a skater-kid’s paradise, however, has morphed into something with much wider appeal, as was witnessed this week by those who attended the show in Mansfield this week. (more…)

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Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet

Rosemary — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:54:39 +0000

Another review from my colleague Emily Young:

Who knew bluegrass tunes sung in Mandarin Chinese could be so good?
My husband and I were treated to some fabulously bizarre music by Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet at Lowell’s Boarding House Park last night. And I mean that in a good way.
The band features legendary banjo star Bela Fleck, who has been nominated for about 21 Grammys and won eight, which was the draw for us. We quickly came to know the rest of the band — fiddler Casey Driessen, cellist Ben Sollee and vocalist Washburn on banjo — during their intimate, jovial performance.

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