Filmmaker Peter Mancuso grew up in Coventry and appreciates the great geographical diversity of this small state to which he fashioned his own ode in the short film, Suburban Fantasy. It was his thesis film upon graduation from New York University’s Tisch School of...
Above: From left, Anthony T. Goss (Lincoln) and Marc Pierre (Booth). Photo by Cat Laine The Gamm Theatre kicks off its 39th season with Suzan-Lori Parks’ 2002 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Topdog/Underdog, a two-man play about brotherly love, competition and pride...
Co-founder of Roomful of Blues to play the Updike Room Saturday By Chris Parker “The excesses of the rock-and-roll life, the ridiculousness of brown m&ms and smashing TVs and that stuff, I could never, I could never appreciate that lifestyle,” says musician Duke...
All of us have something special inside, and while we may not find a means to communicate or release it, the tendrils of human connection and filaments of experiential learning forge muscle memories unique to each of us. Sophie B. Hawkins was of the latch-key kid...
By Chris Parker You can sort of imagine Trumansburg, New York, band Donna the Buffalo as a musical embodiment of Field of Dreams – from their homespun Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival to the music and touring, a five-piece roots act has always done it their way...
There's a curious way in which a musician or a band's rise or struggle is often coded into the music, inscribed in its DNA, from the Midwest working class country-punk of Uncle Tupelo, to the Southern small-town camaraderie of R.E.M. to the East Coast prep school...
Above: Dave Sarazen, left, and Evan St. Martin, the duo behind Laden Valley. Photo courtesy of Laden Valley One half of the duo is Dave Sarazen, who grew up in East Greenwich By Chris Parker Laden Valley is a Newport act that draws on Americana's roots verities,...
A classic British thriller with Python-esque verve Usually plays are adapted into movies, and that idea as well as the way it's addressed are at the center of Arctic Playhouse's lively, cleverly-staged production of the Patrick Barlow adaptation of the film The 39...
By Chris Parker Music is so contagious, you'd think they'd regulate how much children can have. It caught Rory Malloy when he was young, by way of his brother a decade older, who introduced him to the Beatles and the Stones. Then Malloy got a taste of it himself and...
By Chris Parker It's so often the case that Jimmy Buffet dedicated a verse of his most famous song to the time-tested trope: Will Evans's dad was to blame. He showed his son a few chords on the guitar, and the next thing you know he's off becoming a musician. Well,...
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