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The members of Montréal’s Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band hold passionate social and political beliefs, reflected by an equally passionate international fan base. However, their music itself is rarely explicitly political, which leads to inevitable misconceptions about TSMZ’s motives and inaccurate designations as a “political” band. Thanks, Pitchfork!... Read more

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The Inner Fire District (MySpace) are hard to define. When pressed they call themselves Radical Yiddish Balkan Culture Folk but their sound sidesteps labels. TAGS: burlington, culture, folk, music, musician profile, stuck in vermont, video

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So you think Shakespeare is boring, eh? Vermont Stage Company's new production of King Lear will quickly dispel that notion as it explodes onto the FlynnSpace stage.

Fights, betrayal, backstabbing, bloodshed, love, sex, madness - King Lear is a complex family drama set in a nondescript time period.... Read more

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San Francisco’s Rupa & The April Fishes are causing quite a stir in both world and indie-music circles, corraling myriad stylistic influences into a globetrotting aural mash-up that’s both comfortingly familiar and breathtakingly unique. Led by silk-throated vocalist Rupa — the daughter of Indian immigrants who was born in the U.S. and raised on three continents — the group comes by its duality honestly.... Read more

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Afrobeat conglomerate Rubblebucket Orchestra are one of the most exciting groups to come out of Boston in recent memory.... Read more

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The rumor has been floating around Burlington’s underground circles for months: “Dude, did you hear Romans signed to Metal Blade?”

Guess what, dudes. It’s not true. Well, OK, it’s sort of true. But not really. Actually, it’s kind of complicated.... Read more

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Chris Thile is no stranger to genre intermingling. The virtuosic mandolin prodigy’s Grammy-winning trio Nickel Creek drew acclaim from fans of traditional bluegrass as well as those with a taste for pop confection and saccharine balladry. Though the group disbanded in 2007, Thile remains dedicated to exploring compositional boundaries with his new super-quintet, Punch Brothers, whose members are among the finest young acoustic musicians on the planet.... Read more

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From trashy groupies to trashing hotel rooms, “sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll” has a storied tradition in modern popular music. In particular, debauchery and overindulgence are as intrinsic to classic metal as, say, Flying V guitars and leather pants. But as much as we collectively romanticize the audacious antics of reckless rock stars, the truth is that, eventually, hard living carries a hefty price tag — often in the form of hard time.... Read more

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Moses Atwood lives in a van down by the river. Seriously, he does. The classically trained guitarist and songwriter was raised in Maine, dropped out of Berklee, landed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, moved back to Maine, bought an old van, and went on the road. Somewhere along the way, he managed to record one of the year’s most stunning folk albums. Atwood’s self-titled debut is a moody, haunting affair, rife with grievous angels, inner devils and the whiskey bottles that often introduce us to both.... Read more

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As Rod Stewart once sang, “Some guys have all the luck.” He could have been singing about Burlington/Martha’s Vineyard-based jam-pop road warriors Lucy Vincent. To be frank, I want their lives. At this point, so does Stewart, I imagine.... Read more

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