Arts and Entertainment

In Boston the other night, fans went to a Jane's Addiction concert and a hockey game broke out. Mid-song, lead singer Perry Farrell turned his aggro act on Dave Navarro,…

In case you hadn't noticed, this year's presidential election is all about cats. I'm not clear on whether Republicans hate cats. Their disdain for cat ladies seems to indicate they…

Soul singer Frankie Beverly, who died this week at 77, wasn't well known to white audiences. He and his band Maze didn't hit their commercial stride until the late '70s,…

Unless you're a right-wing loon, last night's debate might have been the first you've heard about the gangs of immigrants who are eating pet cats and dogs all across America.…

Tonight's televised face-off between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump can't possibly meet expectations, if only because they're so high for Harris and so low for Trump. I think those expecting…

Gonna be a busy day. Delaware's primary elections wind up today – polls close at 8 p.m. – and the debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump begins at 9…

It took me a minute to figure out what was going on here. Yes, of course it's a parody of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," but what seem to be…

The Mercury Prize, awarded for the best album by a British or Irish act, had an upset winner last week. English Teacher, a fledgling post-punk band from Leeds, took home…

If you want to encounter soul music you've never heard before, the seven-CD set "Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos," released last summer, represents a treasure trove. Archivist…

One reason rock is fading away: Gen X bands just don't have the staying power of, say, the Rolling Stones. For example Ween, the oddball alternative duo from New Hope,…

To people of a certain age – say, 80 – James Darren, who died yesterday at age 88, will always be Moondoggie, the handsome male lead in "Gidget." That now-ignored…

A bit more roots/blues-oriented than usual, which is not a bad thing in my book: Pony Bradshaw, also featuring Rachel Baiman: Combat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv7eP5yf7GA Lounge Lizard gets what he deserves?: MAVI:…