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Boston Globe
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
A little rain couldn't stop Boston Calling from launching with a country-fied opening night
There was also a ramped-up focus on country music on Friday, where every artist that played the Green stage was either a Nashville star like Luke Combs (or rapidly on the way like Megan Moroney) or was arguably country-adjacent. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Dalton and the Sheriffs perform at Boston Calling. Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe Curly-voiced singer/songwriter Bebe Stockwell kicked things off with a fair amount of indie drama, with Holy Rollers following with churning and triumphant roots-rock. Two hours after receiving the call to fill in the hole in the schedule left by TLC's unplanned absence, Dalton & The Sheriffs showed up with two acoustic guitars and one burly voice, and they were were exactly what Combs means when he sings that he's still be doing this if he wasn't doing this. Megan From Work performs at Boston Calling. Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe Battlemode, on the other hand, represented local music on the Orange stage with the most screw-around performance Boston Calling may have ever seen, fueling its chaotic chiptunes by twisting dials, throwing in violin, and just generally seeing what they could get away with. Earnest but cutting, Future Teens were sprung and power-pop-adjacent, with a questioning, urgent undertow. Megan From Work, on the other hand, elevated nondescript punk-lite bash with the pleading wide-eyed enthusiasm of singer Megan Simon, who transformed it into a charming blast. Latrell James closed the local stage out with crisp, jazzy groove-rap. Advertisement Latrell James performs at Boston Calling. Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe Dressed like he was about to challenge someone to a breakdance battle to save the community center, Kyle Dion was loose, flirty, and fired up as he opened the Blue stage with '80s-style funk-R&B. The vaguely cosmically-minded indie rock of Infinity Song and the watery Curtis Mayfield throwback soul of Thee Sacred Souls followed. With a genial, laid-back flow, rapper Mike. came off like a discount Jack Harlow, and T-Pain largely spun his wheels before kicking into 'Buy You A Drank (Shawty Snappin')' and 'All I Do Is Win' to lock the crowd back in fully. Sheryl Crow performs at Boston Calling. Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe Back on the country side of the complex, Wilderado built up a springy, warm churn, while Max McNown's easygoing road-trip country was a little too casual and green. Sheryl Crow, on the other hand, performed with the absolute confidence and skill of an old pro, with the advantage of a dozen surefire crowd pleasers like 'Every Day Is A Winding Road' and a by-then ironic 'Soak Up The Sun.' With the self-contained confidence and glammed-up production touches of Maren Morris, if just a little more wide-eyed, Megan Moroney nailed the sassy kissoff of 'Man On The Moon' and the wit and disappointment of 'Sleep On My Side.' But she also used the bottom of her range in a way that women country singers usually don't, and she hit it for heartbreak and vulnerability in 'Girl In The Mirror.' Advertisement Luke Combs performs at Boston Calling. Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe Having already performed in the rain the last time he played Massachusetts in 2023, Luke Combs took the stage to the charging zip on '1, 2 Many' (and, naturally, 'When It Rains It Pours') and didn't let up for an hour and a half. Unlike Moroney's glittery double staircase, Combs didn't have much in the way of a stage set, though the phalanx of lights and lasers beaming off the rain created little aurorae above the audience. Songs like 'Houston, We Got A Problem' were earnest and heartfelt without being cloyingly sentimental, and with the Moroney-assisted spirited grind of 'Beer Never Broke My Heart' and metallic riff of 'Ain't No Oklahoma,' Combs showed that maybe there's not much distance between country and the standard Boston Calling headliner after all. Marc Hirsh can be reached at officialmarc@ or on Bluesky @
Perth Now
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Sheryl Crow was 'very afraid' when someone broke into her barn after Tesla protest
Sheryl Crow "felt very afraid" when an armed man broke into her barn after her Tesla protest. In February, the 63-year-old musician posted a vide of herself saying goodbye to her Tesla as the vehicle was towed away after Elon Musk has named a senior advisor to President Donald Trump. Speaking about the fallout, she told Variety: "This feels different, because when I came out against Walmart carrying guns [in a 1996 song], not everybody was armed — and certainly I didn't live in Tennessee, where everybody is armed. "So yeah, there was a moment where I actually really felt very afraid: A man got on my property, in my barn, who was armed. "It doesn't feel safe when you're dealing with people who are so committed.' Despite the scary situation, the 'Soak Up The Sun' hitmaker admitted she would still post the same video again if she had the chance. Sheryl added: 'I can't help it. I feel like I'm fighting for my kids. Also, that's the way I was raised. "There have been times when it hasn't really been fun, but I follow my Atticus Finch dad; I'm very similar to him if I see something that seems unfair, you know?' Meanwhile, Sheryl is still "so vigilant about climate change", which goes back to her own upbringing. She recalled: 'My parents said, 'You need to leave the campground nicer than you found it,' and we always did. "When we camped, we picked up trash that wasn't ours, and when I take my kids to the beach, we all three pick up people's cigarette butts or plastic bottles." She argued that the earth "is being disregarded, particular by [the Trump] administration", and she is backing national advocacy group Natural Resources Defense Council. She said: 'Let's face it: I may not be here to see my kids teach their kids how to leave the campground nicer than they found it. "And who knows what the campground's gonna be like when they get it. That concerns me.'
USA Today
15-02-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
Sheryl Crow waves goodbye to towed Tesla car after slamming 'President Musk': See video
Sheryl Crow waves goodbye to towed Tesla car after slamming 'President Musk': See video Show Caption Hide Caption Musk defends 'deleting' entire agencies amid rising criticism Elon Musk pledged to find $1 trillion in savings in the government. But some have accused him of letting politics drive his decision-making. Sheryl Crow wants to have some fun and is known to soak up the sun, but now she's done with Elon Musk. The left-leaning country singer, known for hits like "Soak Up The Sun" and "All I Want to Do" is ditching her electric vehicle, which are popular among some environmentalists, over Tesla owner Musk's affiliation with President Donald Trump. In an Instagram post Friday, Crow is shown standing on the street while her car is towed. She waves as the Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman song "Time To Say Goodbye" plays in the background. "My parents always said… you are who you hang out with," Crow wrote in her caption. "There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla." Sheryl Crow gets candid about sexual harassment, depression and fighting cancer in new documentary She continued: "Money donated to @npr, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes that the truth will continue to find its way to those willing to know the truth." More: Graffiti and middle fingers: Tesla Cybertrucks have become a political statement The comments are in reference to Musk's entrance into Washington as President Trump's second term is underway. Musk says he wants to reshape American government by dramatically reducing the size and scope of federal departments and agencies. Sheryl Crow's comments in reference to Elon Musk's involvement with Trump administration Musk, the world's richest man, is currently head of Trump's newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Crow has long been critical of Trump, suggesting that he "undermines" America in an interview with The Syndey Morning Herald in 2017. Musk creates new power base in Washington with takeover of US agencies "How can someone work every single day to make sure the country is divided? It breaks my heart," she said at the time, adding that "He undermines it (America) with his ... I want to say ineptitude but unfortunately it's deeper than that." "I think most of the things he stands for are completely antithetical to what the US is based on and founded on, the dreams of the people that founded this country and the backs that this community was built on," she added during the Morning Herald interview.
