By Bill Copeland on December 24, 2012
Dear Santa, I know this is a last minute Christmas list, but there’s a few things that the greater-Boston music scene really needs. If there’s anyway for you to drop these things off during your fly over tonight, I would greatly appreciate it. For Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ & Blues in Brighton, a larger room with [...]
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By Bill Copeland on December 9, 2012
I received so many positive responses to my last list of favorite songs by local artists that I felt compelled to write a second. Off the top of my head, here they are: “Kokomo Me Baby” as recorded by Peter Parcek. Parcek has a lot of fun with this shuffling, boogie blues number by Fred [...]
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By Bill Copeland on November 30, 2012
A week ago I posted my second list of some of my favorite songs. I stuck to nationally and internationally known bands, even though I’m a local greater-Boston/New England based music journalist, to insure they were songs everybody would recognize. Just the other day I had a realization that the younger generation would sum up [...]
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By Bill Copeland on November 22, 2012
I received a lot of positive feedback the last time I wrote one of these lists of some of my favorite songs. I wrote that last one because I was tired of reading lists of greatest albums and greatest songs in Rolling Stone Magazine and in other publications. I’m still scratching my head wondering how [...]
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By Bill Copeland on October 22, 2012
Ron Levy has been a storyteller all of his life. It’s his natural gift to relate to others his experiences in the form of anecdotes, jokes, and stories. Levy has also been a professional musician all of his life, and so it is only natural he has written biographical accounts of his life as a [...]
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By Bill Copeland on May 6, 2012
Many times we hear someone comparing one singer to another. Some people try to describe what a local singer sounds like by comparing her to a national star. This attempt to put a name on something varies in effectiveness. Every singer is unique so it is hard to understand what a person means by saying [...]
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By Bill Copeland on March 22, 2012
Contrary to popular belief, most musicians, at least the ones I deal with, are not a collection of egomaniacs. I’ve been fortunate in my coverage of the greater-Boston/New England music scene to have dealt mostly with professional musicians and music industry professionals. Yet, there is a no set of standards and or guidelines for what [...]
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By Bill Copeland on October 17, 2011
What’s up with all of these people who are trying to pass themselves off as ghost hunters? Do any of these people, like Ce Ce Carol, actually have college degrees in science? Have any of these “paranormal investigators” ever been endorsed by scientists at major colleges or universities? Why don’t they ever bring the ghost [...]
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By Bill Copeland on January 10, 2010
I wrote this list of some of my favorite songs because I kept getting turned off by those lists of the greatest bands of all time, greatest albums of all time, and the greatest songs of all time. Those lists are so subjective and they’re open to endless debate and interpretation. Some people complain when their favorite band or album didn’t make it into the top ten portion of 100 artists or albums.
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By Bill Copeland on January 2, 2010
Jennifer Lopez created a stir once again by donning an eye catching outfit. A few years back, Lopez wore the open, see-through Versace dress at the Grammy Awards. Two weeks ago, she performed on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve wearing a skin-tight catsuit.
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