It appeared to be a Lowell invasion of The Middle East in Cambridge Friday, March 1st , and they sold out the house. All four bands – The Ghouls, Class President, The Peacocks, and Burp. – have ties to the music department at The University of Massachusetts Lowell, either as current students, past students or alumni. The music department at UMass Lowell is considered to be one of the best in New England. Its presence […]
Punk is thriving and The Chats brought a world exposition to the House Of Blues in Boston. The night brought out every creed of punk rockers from old school to new school including The Chats’ youngest 9 year old fan. The show starts with a legendary 3 band opening from Gymshorts out of Rhode Island, The Schizophonics from California, and Cosmic Psychos from Australia. The Gymshorts fronted by guitarist and vocalist, Sarah Greenwell, promoted the […]
According to Wikipedia, “a protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events). It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre”. Quoted from the May 22nd, 2017 Vox article by Bridgett Henwood, “Protest songs often skew liberal, and usually fall under two categories: politically charged, topical songs taking issue with the government, or […]
