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Boston Calling attendees take pictures in front of the entrance to the festival. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: 13th Boston Calling Music Festival

Molly Potter June 3, 2024
The 13th Boston Calling Music Festival occurred at the Harvard Athletic Complex over Memorial Day weekend.
Ed Sheeran’s album “=” playing on an iPhone. Sam writes about how Sheeran’s latest album shines through its more intimate songs but has several that feel too much like obvious attempts at new radio hits. LIBBY MCCLELLAND/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The stylistic clash in Ed Sheeran’s new album ‘=’

Sam Thomas November 3, 2021
Where “=” fumbles is in the attempt to do it all.
hozier song on spotify

Song Spotlights: Fall Edition

Katrina Liu October 18, 2021
This is the soundtrack to my fall.

Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy snubs expose racial biases

Sophia Yakumithis February 18, 2021
Because of apparent racial biases, musicians have taken to social media to call out the Recording Academy’s decisions. One of the most well-known manifestations of this is in the career of Kendrick Lamar.
Dressed in a monkey costume, viral YouTube star Tessa Violet performs at The Red Room at Cafe 939 on Oct. 19, 2016. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

Where to get your live music fix in Boston

Molly Farrar June 12, 2020
Live music across the U.S. will be transformed following the COVID-19 pandemic, but despite recent setbacks, Boston’s many venues ensure the live music scene will stay strong.
Australian singer-songwriter Dean Lewis’s cover for his new album, “A Place We Knew.” Lewis released the album Friday. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

REVIEW: Indie singer-songwriter Dean Lewis releases debut album ‘A Place We Knew’

Austin Pak March 25, 2019

Singer-songwriter Dean Lewis, best known for his hit “Be Alright,” released his debut studio album “A Place We Knew” on Friday. Lewis first gained recognition in his own home country of...

Rita Ora on tour at the O2 Academy Glasgow on May 11. The British singer-songwriter’s second studio album “Phoenix” released Friday. COURTESY OF MARCEN27/FLICKR

REVIEW: Rita Ora’s ‘Phoenix’ features her journey to becoming chart-topper

Lizzee Harrison November 25, 2018
Six years after releasing her debut album, Rita Ora is back with a powerful anthology, “Phoenix.”
The New Rambler: Mythology — other people’s lies

The New Rambler: Mythology — other people’s lies

Dan Dellechiaie December 1, 2017

While most people were listening to Ed Sheeran or DJ Khaled this summer, I spent my time listening to Joseph Campbell’s lectures on mythology. I listened to them because I’m simply an insecure-wannabe-intellectual...

Boston University alumna Rob Shore is the business manager for LCD Soundsystem, Ed Sheeran and Radiohead. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROB SHORE

Mobiles skwerking, mobiles chirping, manager Shore takes money and runs bands’ finances

Becca DeGregorio April 23, 2015

For Boston University alum Rob Shore, music means business, and business means finance. As the founder and CEO of Rob Shore & Associates Inc., Shore manages artists from hard-edged Slipknot to...

Chatting with Ed Sheeran

Daily Free Press Admin April 11, 2012

By Isabell Fathy, MUSE Staff Writer If you’ve ever taken a look at the U.K. charts, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Ed Sheeran. This breakthrough British artist recently had his debut single, “The A...

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