Category: Music
DoT EP68: Author David Wellington from NECON 38 plus New Music from Beanpole
A few weeks ago, I traveled to Rhode Island for NECON 38, the 38th edition of Northeastern Writers Conference. It’s also known as...... Read More
DoT EP67: Late Show Comedy Booker Jessica Pilot plus New Music from Walter Salas-Humara
Jessica Pilot has one of the best jobs in the business. She finds stand-up comedians for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and...... Read More
DoT EP66: Comedian Myq Kaplan plus New Music from The Rails
Myq Kaplan’s mind is in constant motion. If you saw him early on in his career, you might have caught him in a...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP65: The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling plus Sloane Crosley’s Look Alive Out There
One of the best things you can do as a fan of any art is to go into something with no real expectations...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP64: Comedian Julie Goldman with New Music from Tyler Childers
This is yet another episode springing from the 2018 Women In Comedy Festival here in Boston. It had been a very long time...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP63: Musician Mark Geary featuring “Don’t Break”
Years ago, I reviewed Mark Geary’s album Ghosts for the sadly departed Boston Phoenix. I would pop that CD in my player on...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP 62: Jonathan Katz Talks Dr. Katz on Audible, plus New Music from Matt Dorrien
For this week’s episode, I sat down with Jonathan Katz in his home in Newton, Massachusetts to talk about his career in stand-up...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP61: Emma Willmann is Killing It, Plus New Music from Wajatta
This episode is a continuation of EP60 of the podcast in that I got to see Emma Willman perform a lot at this...... Read More
Video: The Smoking Flowers Show Their Roots on “Young & Brave”
Kim and Scott Collins, the husband and wife team known as The Smoking Flowers, pay homage to some of their favorite musical partnerships...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP60: Women In Comedy Festival Wrap Up plus New Music from The Smoking Flowers
The Women In Comedy Festival is one of my favorite annual events in Boston, and has been since its more humble beginning in...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP59: 6 String Drag’s Kenny Roby plus New Music from Domenico Lancellotti
Kenny Roby has been one of my favorite songwriters for the past twenty years, since I first interviewed him for a now defunct...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP58: Shape of Water Author Daniel Kraus plus New Music from 6 String Drag
Daniel Kraus has written a number of novels, including Rotters, a great horror novel I’m reading now. What puts him front and center...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP56: Comedian and TV Guidance Counselor Host Ken Reid plus New Music from Kassin
This week’s guest is stand-up comedian and host of the TV Guidance Counselor podcast Ken Reid, someone I have known for years in...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP55: Hadron Gospel Hour’s Rich Wentworth plus New Music from Courtney Marie Andrews
This week’s episode is a conversation with podcast host/artist/musician Rich Wentworth. He is co-creator of the Hadron Gospel Hour podcast, a serialized sci-fi/comedy...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP54: Comedian Jess Salomon plus an Excerpt from Laurie Kilmartin’s Audiobook Dead People Suck
I was very happy how this interview came together. Some of you may know I have covered the comedy beat for the Boston...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP53: Comedian Jenny Zigrino and Guest Co-Host Jessie Baade with New Music from Matt Minigell
Jenny Zigrino is still very much a comic on the rise. In the past two years, she has played notable roles in films...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP52 Folk Duo The Lowest Pair with New Comedy From Paige Weldon
Two performers. Two microphones. Banjo and acoustic guitar. The Lowest Pair are about as elemental an act as you’ll see onstage. You can...... Read More
A Perfect Mashup Video: Nick Chambers on Black Panther, The Meteor Man, CeeLo Green, Robert Townsend, and Spike Lee
Call it a tribute turducken – comedian and musician Nick Chambers is paying tribute to Black Panther opening this weekend with an homage...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP51: Inventor and Information Philsopher Dr. Robert Doyle, Part II with New Music from Ruby Boots
Welcome to the extra-tangenty 51st episode anniversary of the Department of Tangents Podcast, my interview with inventor and Information Philosopher Dr. Robert Doyle,...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP50: Inventor and Philosopher Dr. Robert Doyle with New Music from Barrence Whitfield and the Savages!
Welcome to the extra-tangenty 50th episode anniversary of the Department of Tangents Podcast! This episode came about it a strange way. For years...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP49: Matt York on Between the Bars, plus New Music from Prateek
I first became aware of Matt York’s music when he released his Americana album Boston, Texas in 2016. I also write and play...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP48: Christopher Titus with New Music from Matt York
When I first spoke with Christopher Titus, he was coming through a turning point in his career. It was around 1997 or ’98,...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP47: Glenn Page of The Len Price 3, New Comedy from Tommy Ryman
I first heard The Len Price 3 years ago on a Christmas compilation Little Steven put together for his Underground Garage show. When...... Read More
The Department of Tangents Song of the Year: Jason Isbell’s “Hope the High Road”
I’ll begin by admitting this is much too humble a publication for as highfalutin a proclamation as “Song of the Year.” It’s the...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP46: Boston Comic Con Part II
This is Part II of the Boston Comic Con 2017 edition of the DoT podcast. It’s the last podcast of the year, and...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP45: Boston Comic Con Part I
You’ve heard of Christmas in July? This is more like July in Christmas. Or August in Christmas. This is kind of a lost...... Read More
Merry Christmas from Little Steven & The Soul Disciples
A little Merry Christmas from Steven Van Zandt, a.k.a. Little Steven, covering the Ramones classic “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)”...... Read More
John Carpenter: Movies for Your Mind Live in Boston
John Carpenter: The Anthology Tour The Royale, Boston 11/15/2017 John Carpenter is a goddam rock star. When I bought my tickets to him...... Read More
Garry Shandling and Tom Petty: Legends and Friends
It makes sense that Tom Petty and Garry Shandling were longtime friends. They had a lot in common. Both were great craftsman and...... Read More