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Boston Rocks Halloween 2009 at TT The Bear’s and Church

Sooz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:22:32 +0000

It’s an annual tradition for Boston bands to perform Halloween shows covering bands they love or just feel inspired to cover for the night. This year I got some great performances recorded on video: John Powhida and Chris Cote as Robert Palmer, Preacher Roe as The Replacements, The Luxury as Duran Duran and The Lights [...]

Wanted: Boston Concert Photographers

Sooz — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:37:54 +0000

Boston area photographers who would like to discuss shooting photos for Exploit Boston! at concerts around Boston, Cambridge and Somerville should get in touch.

Live Concert Photos of Incubus and The Duke Spirit at Comcast Center on August 1st

Sooz — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:00:46 +0000

It’s still hard to call Great Woods anything but Great Woods — but these days, you might also know it as Comcast Center. Rich Gastwirt shot these photos of Incubus and The Duke Spirit at Comcast Center in Mansfield on August 1st. View the photo slideshow of Incubus View the photo slideshow of The Duke Spirit

Photos of George Wein’s Folk Festival 50 (Newport Folk Festival)

Sooz — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:39:37 +0000

Photo of Pete Seeger at George Wein’s Folk Festival 50 by Rich Gastwirt Rich Gastwirt captured dozens of great photos at the recent George Wein’s Folk Festival 50 — better known as the Newport Folk Festival. To say it was an awesome experience for the lucky music fans who attended is probably going to be the [...]

Boston Music Blog Roundup #1

Sooz — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:36:32 +0000

Boston is percolating with many awesome blogs dedicated to sharing their love of bands from Boston and beyond. This is the first of a new weekly Boston music blog roundup series. If you write for a Boston music blog and you’re not in our “Around Boston” list o’ sites (over on the right) — let [...]

Concert Photos of Grupo Fantasma at Museum of Fine Arts

Rich Gastwirt — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:10:28 +0000

Grupo Fantasma brought their latin rock to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on July 22, 2009. The band is currently on a summer tour throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Feed your ears: Listen to “El Desconicido” by Grupo Fantasma Download audio file (El-Desconicido.mp3) On an iPhone and can’t see the photo slideshow below [...]

Exploit Boston! TV Episode #11: Bleu CD Release Party at TT The Bear’s Place

Sooz — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:19:29 +0000

If you missed it, check out what I wrote about Bleu’s new album A Watched Pot that came out on July 14th. As part of a tour celebrating the release of the eleven gems of pop awesomeness, Bleu stopped in Boston to celebrate with his Boston fans who’ve been supporting him for many years before [...]

Inspired and Inspiring — Bleu’s new album comes to life

Sooz — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:42:17 +0000

Unfortunately it’s not all that unique of a story — amazing band gets signed to a big label, releases an album and then gets dropped right as their next album is about to be released. Or in the case of two of my favorite Boston bands in the late 1990s — Talking to Animals and [...]

Live Review: Brian Webb at Club Passim on July 17th

Nicholas Peterson — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:59:19 +0000

I first saw Brian Webb at a NEMO Showcase at Club Passim in April 2002. He backed up Rachel McCartney and she reciprocated during his set. After the show, I purchased The Evolving CD and it’s been in my music circulation ever since. In 2003 I began seeing him regularly at Club Passim [...]

Someone turned the lights back on?

Sooz — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:29:54 +0000

Things are percolating once again at Exploit Boston! This time around the focus is on concert photos and videos. If you’re around Boston on Saturday night (July 18th), there are two must-see events. First up is a reunited Ms. Pigeon with special guests Old Jack, Reverse and Eric Salt and the Electric City at the Lizard [...]