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Take a trip through Boston's rock history with this music-filled walking tour

Advertisement Billed as a journey through the city's rock 'n' roll past and present, Soundscape Tours string decades of Boston music trivia into a 90-minute stroll through Fenway-Kenmore. There are some obvious stops on the 2-mile jaunt, which starts at The Verb Hotel: the former locations of venues like the Rathskeller and Storyville, the classic record store Nuggets, and the Verb's own lobby, which brims with a rainbow of rock ephemera from the David Bieber Archives. Then come the moments revealing detail-rich surprises, including a rumour that headbanging was invented in Boston at a legendary English band's performance, and the fact that Kurt Cobain loved a certain Boston band so much that he once told Rolling Stone he ought to be a member (but hey, no spoilers). Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'Everybody, I think, overlooks this area now as part of Boston's music scene,' said Bowker, reflecting on the high concentration of music history in the neighborhood. Advertisement After a winter break, Soundscape Tours begin for the spring season this weekend, offering walks on Friday and Saturday afternoons through November. The experience layers Bowker's unique qualifications as a Boston musician (check out his group 'Boston has been an incubator for some of the most revolutionary ideas and figures in American history, and my contention is that the same principle can be applied to folk, jazz, and rock in the 20th century,' said Bowker. As he walks guests by long-gone landmarks and snapshots of Boston's rock heritage, Bowker's enthusiasm is hard to miss. He carries a tour-branded boombox and a backpack filled with record covers, and keeps a few pertinent cassettes — like rambling on air as a 'I think they're a tactile way for people to interact with music,' Bowker said in reference to the physical media. 'Some people come on my tour, they've never touched a cassette. They've never touched a record.' Advertisement 'I'm trying to make this like an actual museum, and that's the best thing that I can do, is to get these artifacts,' he added. Although sometimes, the best demonstrations of music history can't be planned. Bowker recalls bumping into — who was playing guitar in the Verb's lobby at the start of a previous tour. There's likely no better sign that Boston music lives beyond the lore of decades past. 'He joined our discussion,' Bowker said. 'I like to think that he would have stayed on the tour had his assistant not come in and got him.' GIG GUIDE The House of Blues bustles this week with visits from Midwest indie rock favorites ( Across the street at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Lucy Dacus brings her new album "Forever Is a Feeling" to MGM Music Hall at Fenway this Sunday and Monday. Shervin Lainez Trio let their surf and cumbia instrumentals — like their new single 'Te He Prometido' — sizzle at (f.k.a. A$AP Ferg) comes to the venue on Advertisement Circa Waves will perform with Friday Pilots Club at The Sinclair on Monday. Polocho Genre-smashing solo artist NOW SPINNING Julien Baker and TORRES tap into their Southern roots on the collaborative new album "Send a Prayer My Way." Ebru Yildiz Julien Baker & TORRES, Brooklyn artist and Berklee alumna Madison McFerrin has soul to spare on her new single "I Don't." VAM STUDIO Madison McFerrin, Madison McFerrin has plenty of soul to spare — even when hers is feeling broken. The Berklee grad and Brooklyn singer-songwriter primes fans for her forthcoming album 'Scorpio' with the single 'I Don't,' a lament over abandoned nuptials that McFerrin polishes with her sleek hybrid of jazz and soul-rock. Advertisement New York artist Leah Nawy mixes genres on her aptly-titled single "Mixing Patterns." Ben Crocker Leah Nawy, BONUS TRACK After its inaugural edition last year, the Victoria Wasylak can be reached at . Follow her on Bluesky @