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Glasgow Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Grammy-nominated singer coming to Glasgow's St Luke's
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier, will take to the stage at St Luke's on Tuesday, October 21. Gauthier, described by Entertainment Focus as "one of the great storytellers and songwriters of our age", has been in the music industry for more than 30 years. Read more: Kneecap announce Glasgow gig after being dropped from TRNSMT lineup Now embarking on a new UK tour, travelling to cities including Edinburgh, Belfast, and London, the experienced singer will grace the stage with a special guest performance from Jaimee Harris. Gauthier, who has been praised by The Sun for making the world "a little easier" to navigate, has had a colourful career. She moved to Nashville at the age of 40 to pursue a career in music, and within a year, she had gone from playing open mics to performing at the Newport Folk Festival. Read more: ScotRail issue travel warning ahead of Robbie Williams gig Her debut album, Drag Queens in Limousines, was released 25 years ago, and the response was so overwhelming that she decided to focus on her music career full-time. Exploring difficult themes from her life, such as adoption trauma and addiction, Gauthier has used song-writing as a way to find purpose in her life. The musician has also turned her hand to literature, with her recent book, Saved by a Song, named a "must-read" by Rolling Stone Magazine. Excerpts from the book are set to feature in her upcoming shows, with tickets available to be purchased from Mary Gauthier's official website.
Boston Globe
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
11 ways to celebrate Pride Month in Boston this year
Orville Peck performed at the Newport Folk Festival last summer. Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up BOSTON POPS PRIDE NIGHT WITH ORVILLE PECK Celebrate Pride with the Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart. Country singer Orville Peck (real name Daniel Pitout), known for his trademark masks, stops in to join the evening of queer joy and community. June 5, 7:30 p.m. Admission starts at $58. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave. PRIDE ROOFTOP HOUSE PARTY DJs Juju, Lufer, and Javes celebrate Pride and the rerelease of the Love Conquers Ale Pride Brew by Sam Adams. The dress code is black light/glow outfits; partygoers can enjoy glow pong and corn hole. June 7, 7-11 p.m. Free admission. 21+ only. Samuel Adams Boston Taproom, 60 State St. Advertisement The scoreboards at Fenway Park lit up for Pride Night last year for a game between the Red Sox and the Phillies. Grace Beal/Boston Red Sox RED SOX PRIDE NIGHT The Boston Red Sox, facing the Tampa Bay Rays, host their annual Pride Night celebration at Fenway Park on June 9. Before the first pitch, ticketholders can stop by the Sam Deck for a pre-game Pride Party. June 9, 7:10 p.m first pitch. Ticket prices vary. Fenway Park, 4 Jersey St. BOSTON DYKE MARCH The Boston Dyke March, a Pride staple since 1995, offers a 'non-commercial, intersectional, and fundamentally grassroots alternative to Boston's Pride celebration,' according to the event's web site. The march will feature live performers Sweet Petunia, Happy Little Clouds, and Dorian Wood, and youth performers Kyrus Malek and Thelonius Sotolilly. Tre'Andre Valentine and Kelsey Grunstra will give keynote addresses, with singer/songwriter Dorian Maverick as emcee. June 13, 6 p.m. Free. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common. Masks required. ROAD OF RAINBOWS PRIDE 5K Hosted by Boston Theater Company, the run starts at the Brewer Fountain and continues through Boston Common. Those who complete the route will receive a rainbow medal. Runners can also compete in a 'Best Dressed' competition. June 14, 10 a.m. Participation includes a pay-what-you-can option. Brewer Fountain, Boston Common, Freedom Trail. Register at Mayor Michelle Wu was among the thousands who took part in the 2023 Pride Parade. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff BOSTON PRIDE FOR THE PEOPLE This annual Pride festival and parade commits to four tenets: empowerment, celebration, commemoration, and education; this year's event is themed 'Here to Stay.' The parade kicks things off at 11 am at Copley Square and processes to Boston Common, where the festival and its live performances take place. A block party will be held at City Hall Plaza for the 21+ crowd. June 14, 11 a.m. Free admission. Copley Square. Advertisement ESME LGBTQ+ WOMXN'S BLOCK PARTY & PRIDE FEST This Sapphic pride party intends to celebrate LGBTQ+ women, and non-binary and trans individuals across New England with music, food, dance, and a chance to connect as a local community. DJs LaNena, JamilaAfrika, and Lana will soundtrack the event, and LesbianNightLife dancers will provide entertainment. Food trucks, bars, and vendors will be available for refreshments. June 14, 1-9 p.m. Admission is $25, subject to change. St James Ave., between Arlington and Berkeley St. BACK BAY BLOCK PARTY FOR PRIDE The Pride-themed block party continues for a second day with music from DJ Steve Sidewalk, a beer garden, bar, food trucks, and other refreshments. Attendees can visit and dance, and watch special performances by Haus of Snap and Qwam. June 15, 2-9 p.m. Admission is $20, subject to change. St. James Ave. between Berkeley St. and Arlington St. Entrance on Berkeley St. NAAP will hold its Queer AAPI Prom on June 22 Ahri Wan QUEER AAPI PROM 2025 Boston's National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) will host its annual Queer Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Prom in celebration of Pride Month, intersectionality, and queer joy. The event will include karaoke, dancing, DIY friendship bracelets, a prom royal court fashion contest, and raffle prizes from local queer AAPI-owned businesses, plus a visit from the night's emcee, drag king Jayden Jamison. Free drink tickets will be available first come, first serve, and partygoers can try out themed mocktails. June 22, 7-10 p.m. Tickets are $20, NAAAP members $15. 21+ only. Stage Karaoke, 138 Brighton Ave., Allston. Advertisement ALL-DAY PRIDE BOOK FAIR EXTRAVAGANZA All She Wrote Books, a local, queer-owned, feminist bookshop, closes out the month with an event designed to share positive representation of the LGBTQ+ community. All-ages daytime activities from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. include story time with drag performers, and books for sale (no admission fee). At 8 p.m., the 18+ events start ($15 tickets), including drag-inspired performances, books and memorabilia for sale, and vendors, including Crafty Queer Studio and Popwink, refreshments. June 28. Connexion, 149 Broadway, Somerville; Haley Clough can be reached at
Indianapolis Star
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
The Jim Irsay Collection in all its glory
Jim Irsay holds the Fender Stratocaster guitar that Bob Dylan played at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Photo taken on June 10, 2014. Michelle Pemberton, IndyStar/USA TODAY NETWORK Ringo Star's 1963 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl Downbeat Drum Kit is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Colts owner Jim Irsay displayed four of his historic guitars at Fountain Square Theatre. Seen in the case are instruments once owned by Bob Dylan, George Harrison, John Lennon and Elvis Presley. Melodie Yvonne Ramey/For IndyStar Guitars from the who's who of music are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Here, a guest photographs Bob Dylan's 1964 Fender Stratocaster known as the "Dylan Goes Electric" guitar, from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival where he controversially "went electric" for the first time Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Jerry Garcia's 1979 Doug Irwin "Tiger" commissioned in 1963 and used on their hit "Touch of Gray" is on display during The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The guitar took 6yrs to build. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Guitars from the who's who of music are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Jim Irsay plays the Jerry Garcia "Tiger" guitar at the Indiana State Museum in December 2011. The Colts CEO owns 175 historic guitars. Frank Espich /The Star Christopher McKinney, caretaker of Jim Irsay's guitars, plays a 1939 Martin D-45 guitar at Colts headquarters in November 2013. Frank Espich/The Star The Vox "Kensington" prototype boasts buttons labeled "treble," "bass," "top boost," 'mid boost," "fuzz" and "repeat." Jim Irsay owns the guitar built for the Beatles in 1966. Frank Espich / The Star John Lennon gave the Vox "Kensington" guitar to electronics engineer Alex Mardas in 1967. An engraved plate on the back of the guitar reads "To Magic Alex. Alexi thank you for been a friend." Jim Irsay owns the guitar built for the Beatles in 1966. Frank Espich / The Star A "J. Garcia" nameplate is seen on the "Tiger" guitar owned by Jim Irsay. Frank Espich / The Star Jim Irsay owns this elaborately decorated Martin D-100 guitar, displayed during summer 2013 at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Frank Espich / The Star Frank Espich / The Star Elton John's Steinway Model D Grand Piano is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar An autographed car which once belonged to Edgerrin James is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Jim Irsay Collection has one of the greatest guitar collections on the planet, according to Guitar Magazine. Courtesy Of The Jim Irsay Collection Kurt Cobain's 1969 Fender Mustang used on "Smells Like Teen Sprit" in 1991, is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar John Lennon's 1964 Rickenbacker, AKA "the Beatle Backer" after it appeared in a Rose Morris advertising campaign, is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar James Brown's 1970's custom made boots are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Pictured here, Jim Irsay playing the Martin guitar that was a gift from freind, Singer songwrighter Stephen Stills. For a Cathy Kightlinger story on The Irsay Collection exhibit at the Indiana State Museum (Winter 2011-2012). Frank Espich/The Star Frank Espich Indianapolis Star David Gilmour's 1969 C.F. Martin & Co. D-35, best known from the opening of "Wish You Were Here" is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Super Bowl XLI Trophy is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Muhammad Ali's WBC Heavyweight Championship Belt from the 1970s on display with the Jim Irsay Collection. Courtesy Of The Jim Irsay Collection The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar George Harrison's 1963 Maton Mastersound MS-500 guitar guitar used during Aug. 3, 1963 Cavern Club appearance is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Jim Morrison's 1968 gold microphone on display during The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The original first draft 1951 typescript scroll of "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac, on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Bob Dylan's 1964 Fender Stratocaster, known as the "Dylan Goes Electric" guitar from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival where he controversially "went electric" for the first time, on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Muhammad Ali's robe and 1975 boxing shoes are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The robe was worn the for the fighters first appearance under the name Muhammad Ali'. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Guitars from the who's who of music are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Jerry Garcia's 1979 Doug Irwin "Tiger" commissioned in 1963 and used on their hit "Touch of Gray" is on display during The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The guitar took 6yrs to build. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Gonzo Journalist Hunter S. Thompson's "Red Shark" 1973 Chevrolet Caprice Convertible is on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar John Lennon's Sunglasses by Oliver Goldsmith, 1966, are on display during the The Jim Irsay Collection exhibition, featuring a performance by The Jim Irsay Band, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar When he's not busy with his 'day job' as the owner and CEO of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, Jim Irsay is pursuing his passion for rock music history, American history, and pop culture by adding to the Jim Irsay Collection. Courtesy Of The Jim Irsay Collection
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
10 Blues Documentaries to Watch After ‘Sinners'
Ryan Coogler's box-office hit 'Sinners' is steeped in the blues, its folklore and legends. People can't get enough of the movie or its songs, but if you want a deeper dive into the bluesmen who shaped the genre, queue up these documentaries and learn more about Buddy Guy (who plays older Sammie Moore), Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Charley Patton and more. You can also buy the incredible score by Ludwig Göransson, who was also an executive producer on the movie and on location for the shoot in New Orleans. Special edition LPs will be out on August 29 from Made by Mutant. This 2021 documentary follows the nearly 70-year career of the blues master, who plays the older version of Sammie Moore in 'Sinners. It's not streaming for free, but you can watch select clips at PBS. This 2016 documentary from Sam Pollard and narrated by Common, tells how two different sets of white music fans tracked down nearly forgotten 1930s blues legends Skip James and Son House in 1964 at the same time that white civil rights activists headed to Mississippi to help support the burgeoning movement. The rediscovery of these underappreciated artists led to landmark concerts at the Newport Folk Festival and a massive revival for the genre. Watch on Tubi The Red Top Lounge (AKA Smitty's), was the last juke joint in Mississippi. Sadly, it was demolished in 2004, but it lives on in this documentary made the year before. Clarksdale, Mississippi was ground central for Delta Blues and the site where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads. Morgan Freeman appears in the film to describe his father, a 'hustler of the first order' who ran a gambling parlor in the same town back in the day. And yes, they served catfish. Watch on YouTube or Tubi This Mississippi musician changed the course of the blues with his Chicago-based band. Here, he is remembered by among, others, guitarist Keith Richards: The Rolling Stones took their name from one of Waters' best-known songs. Bonnie Raitt and Public Enemy frontman Chuck D also appear in this episode of PBS' 'American Masters.' Watch on YouTube This 1992 British TV documentary finds host John Hammond traveling through Mississippi trying to find people who knew the late bluesman. Johnson died in 1938 when he was only 27. It ends at the posthumous marker erected for him in Morgan City, one of at least three grave sites in the state. Watch on the Internet Movie Archive In 'Sinners,' the guitar Sammie plays is said to have been owned by the great Charley Patton. Learn more about this lesser-known musician, often called 'Father of the Delta Blues,' in this episode of the BBC's 'American Epic' series. Watch on YouTube Howlin' Wolf, one of the most iconic voices in blues history, is known for classics including 'Smokestack Lightning,' 'I Ain't Superstitious,' and 'Wang Dang Doodle.' In this 2003 documentary, we learn his mother kicked him out of the house when he was about 13 years old. Years later when he was dying, he wanted to reconcile with her, but she refused because he 'sang the devil's music.' Watch on Prime Video Part of Martin Scorsese's 2003 PBS series 'The Blues,' this segment directed by Wim Wenders explores the careers of Delta blues artist Skip James, gospel blues musician Blind Willie Johnson and Chicago blues guitarist J. B. Lenoir. Watch on YouTube This 1979 doc delves into the musicians of the area, their often DIY instruments and how farming and homesteading the land informed their songs. Watch on PBS or Facebook The renewed interested for blues musicians of the 1920s and '30s in the 1960s led to historic tours, including the line-up featured here: Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson. Watch on Dailymotion The post 10 Blues Documentaries to Watch After 'Sinners' appeared first on TheWrap.
Boston Globe
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Joe Louis Walker, free-ranging blues explorer, is dead at 75
Along the way he traded riffs with blues powerhouses such as B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Otis Rush. Advertisement Keyboard innovator Hancock deemed him 'a singular force' with a 'remarkable gift for instantly electrifying a room.' Jagger called him 'a magnificent guitar player and singer.' Jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea playfully anointed him 'the Chick Corea of blues.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Critics, too, felt Mr. Walker's power. 'His voice is weather-beaten but ready for more; his guitar solos are fast, wiry and incisive,' Jon Pareles wrote in a 1989 review in The New York Times, 'often starting out with impetuous squiggles before moaning with bluesy despair.' Mr. Walker came of age musically during the flowering of psychedelic rock in San Francisco in the late 1960s, and he was also fluent in jazz, gospel, soul, funk, and pop. On his album 'Great Guitars,' released in 1997, he collaborated with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Ike Turner, and Taj Mahal. Advertisement Mr. Walker considered himself more of a blues explorer than a purist. 'When I picked up a guitar, I did not say I was gonna be a blues artist, or a rock artist,' he said in a 2021 interview with NPR. 'The idiom,' he added, 'finds us.' In an interview with Living Blues magazine, Mr. Walker recalled that jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis, with whom he recorded several times, once told him: 'You know, Joe, if you're ahead of the curve, people ain't gonna like you, but if you join the pack, you're gonna be like everybody else. So just stay ahead of the curve and maybe they'll catch up to you.' Louis Joseph Walker Jr. was born in San Francisco on Dec. 25, 1949. His father was a longshoreman and construction worker; his mother, Mildred (Siles) Walker, was a nurse. When he was a child, an older sister started calling him Joe Louis after the Black boxing champion, and the name stuck. His parents sent him to a predominantly white Roman Catholic elementary school, believing that it would give him the best education. While the experience was at times traumatic, he said, it taught him to deal with the racism he would encounter as an adult. He took up the guitar at age 8 and at 16 became a house guitarist at the Matrix, where Jefferson Airplane was the house band. 'At the Matrix, I was a young cat still learning his craft, but guys like Magic Sam and Albert King took a liking to me,' Mr. Walker said in a 2021 interview with the Chicago Tribune. 'They could see I was sincere and I would learn from them.' Advertisement During those years, San Francisco was overflowing with rock luminaries. Sly Stone was a neighbor, and Mike Bloomfield, the guitarist who backed Bob Dylan in his much-dissected electric performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, was his roommate for several years. 'He was a few years older, but he was huge part of my development,' Mr. Walker told the Tribune. 'Everyone would come to pay homage to Michael. Bob Dylan would come to the house.' The city was overflowing with drugs, too, and Mr. Walker and Bloomfield were hardly immune to their lure. By the mid-1970s, Mr. Walker had reached his limit. 'A lot of my friends were dropping like flies,' he told the Tribune, 'and I made a point to change, or I would have been an obituary like everyone else.' (Bloomfield died of a heroin overdose in 1981). He kicked drugs and enrolled at San Francisco State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in music and English. He also abandoned the blues for a decade, joining an Oakland gospel group, the Spiritual Corinthians. After performing with that group at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Mr. Walker rekindled his love of the blues, formed a band called the Bosstalkers and signed to HighTone, an Oakland label. His debut effort, 'Cold Is the Night,' was produced by Bruce Bromberg and Dennis Walker, who had recently helped propel another blues guitarist, Robert Cray, to stardom. In 1988, Times critic Peter Watrous described Walker as 'a fluttering blues guitarist' whose 'lines seem blown by the wind' and 'a singer with a Cadillac of a voice.' Advertisement Mr. Walker continued to show off his free-ranging musical sensibility on the 2020 album 'Blues Comin' On,' joined, among others, by Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and singers Dion DiMucci and Mitch Ryder, of 'Devil With the Blue Dress' fame. In addition to his wife, he leaves a sister, Ernestine; a brother, Roy; and two grandsons. On the release of his soul-inflected album 'The Weight of the World' in 2023, Mr. Walker told Living Blues that he wished he had a dime for every interviewer who had ever asked him to define the blues. The album included a musical answer to that question: 'Hello, It's the Blues,' a song on which he said the blues was 'speaking in the first person.' 'It's in your heart, your soul, and your mind, you just don't know it,' he said. 'Because everybody's got the blues, from the president on down to the dogcatcher, you know?' This article originally appeared in
