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Blueberry pie doughnuts sit on display inside Mei Mei as part of a Stacked Donuts pop-up at the restaurant in April. PHOTO BY BROOKE JACKSON-GLIDDEN/DFP FILE PHOTO

Muse picks for best arts and culture of 2014

Hannah Landers December 11, 2014

Best New Boston Bite: 2014, year of the fancy doughnut Brooke Jackson-Glidden While San Francisco is hyperventilating over $4 toast, Boston has the breakfast game down with a new twist on a classic. Let’s...

Local rapper Michael Christmas performed Wednesday at the Converse store on Newbury Street. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROB COLLINS

‘Christmas’ spirit returns to Boston: Local rapper holds homecoming on Newbury Street

Alex Siber December 5, 2014

Celebrated returns rank among the most thrilling narratives, and Michael Christmas’ homecoming show Wednesday evening was no exception. Fifteen minutes before the Roxbury-raised rapper’s 6 p.m. set...

Steady growth: Boston Calling cofounder Brian Appel talks early beginnings and future ambitions

Alex Siber September 4, 2014

Boston has lived in the shadow of New York City’s music scene for years, but the work of one Empire State native is changing all that. Brian Appel, who co-founded the immensely popular Boston Calling...

Gentlemen Hall’s passion will sail the band beyond a hot single

Alex Siber September 4, 2014

You might not know them by name, but you probably know their signature song. Boston Calling performer Gentlemen Hall’s “Sail Into the Sun” is still larger than life a year after its release, but...

So you think you can dance?: BU Hip-Hop hosts break dancing event on campus

Daily Free Press Admin February 26, 2014

More than 20 individuals of varying size, age and gender breathed life into the squeaky-floored dance studio at the Student Activities Office on Saturday evening, inhaling and exhaling to the rhythm...

Michael Christmas is the jolly new face of Boston rap

Daily Free Press Admin February 12, 2014

Christmas is coming early this year. Feb. 19 will mark the release of Is This Art?, the highly anticipated free album from Boston-bred, rapidly rising hip-hopper Michael Christmas. People of all religions...

BU Hip-Hop hails as a rapper’s paradise

Daily Free Press Admin January 22, 2014

In little more than two short years, one particularly ambitious Boston University club has seen its membership and online following grow to over 450 ‘likes’. Now, after months of event organization...

Hallelujah! The resurrection of Kanye West, Yeezus graces TD Garden

Daily Free Press Admin November 21, 2013

Just hours before his first solo concert in Boston since 2008’s Glow in the Dark tour, creative mastermind Kanye West visited the intellectual grounds of Harvard University and spoke to a group of design...

REVIEW: What Dreams May Come Tour (J. Cole with Wale, and opening acts Bas & Vic Mensa)

Daily Free Press Admin September 26, 2013

As someone who was often referred to as the future of rap music and the second coming of Nas, J. Cole endures his fair share of flack nowadays. Constantly the butt of jokes on blogs and in social media,...

Rising rap artist grows from Boston roots

Daily Free Press Admin September 22, 2013

Life is eventful and constantly evolving for 20-year-old rapper and recording artist Cam Meekins, and with fall upon us and winter approaching, he’s feeling particularly creative. “During the summer,...

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