The Vermont- and Cape Cod-based band Sensible Shoes spent last summer gigging on the Outer Cape before quietly releasing its debut album, See It My Way, in August. Billed as […]
Music
CODA
Delving Deeper Into Provincetown’s Musical History
Sometimes the best discoveries happen post-publication
Last summer, I received an intriguing Instagram message: “Hi, my name is also Saskia, but that’s not why I’m messaging you. I was Googling and came across your article on […]
RADIOHEAD
Billboard Bob Takes Listeners on a ‘Charted Course’
His show on WOMR tracks time through music
An accountant and father of two, Bob Galvin, 67, leads a quiet, unremarkable life with his wife in Plymouth. That is, until you get him talking about music. Then his […]
MUSIC
The Outer Cape Chorale Gleefully Returns
The Chamber Singers perform for the first time since Covid hit
“I’m going to cry,” says an emotional Allison Beavan, director of the Outer Cape Chorale. “I’ve wanted to hear you for over two years.” The group’s Chamber Singers, standing arm-spans […]
INDIE PLAYLIST
Songs to ‘Make It Through December’
Picks by the Independent’s staff and contributors
Between “Spotify Wrapped” and the omnipresence of holiday songs, the month of December is a busy time for listening. The staff at the Indie has some recommendations. Listen at tinyurl.com/47r387nk. […]
MUSIC
Listen Along With Billy
Billy Hough talks about six albums that influenced him
Singer and songwriter Billy Hough estimates that, since his stage show Scream Along With Billy began its run in 2006, he and bassist Sue Goldberg have covered around 300 records. […]
MUSIC
An Indie Playlist for November
Picks by staff and contributors
Our playlists are often eclectic, as contributors are given musical free reign. This one is especially so. Listen to some unmasked rap, countertenor cabaret, Chinese pop, and classic Billy Joel […]
OPERA
Seeing Fire in a Crowded Theater
The Met returns with Terence Blanchard’s work about race, sex, and coming of age
Being back at the Metropolitan Opera in New York last Wednesday had a surreal quality. Masked faces peered across balconies through opera glasses. The sound of the orchestra warming up […]
MUSICIANS
Midge Ure Never Left
The former Ultravox frontman is still fronting
The name on the screen for our Zoom call says “James Ure.” But Ure is better known as Midge, a phonetic reversal of the name Jim. The nickname was originally […]
MUSICIANS
Melissa Ferrick Comes Out to Provincetown
The rock songwriter talks identity and Women’s Week
Melissa Ferrick is one of the few musicians who can claim to have written a “lesbian anthem.” The 2000 song “Drive,” from the album Freedom, doesn’t shy away from anything: […]
MUSIC
Boston Naturals Live for Lou
The funny thing about the Boston Naturals is that many of their gigs are on the Cape, not Boston. A lot are in Wellfleet. And that is where you will […]
MUSIC
An Indie Playlist for Fall
Thieves, vampires, and ‘Lizard Wizards’
For this new edition of the Indie Playlist, contributors were asked to write about songs they can’t get out of their heads. The results: indie rock, Australian psychedelic rock, Halloween […]
MUSICIANS
Amythyst Kiah Bares Her Soul
For the singer-songwriter, ‘The sky’s the limit’
“Wary and Strange” isn’t just the title of Amythyst Kiah’s new Rounder Records album — it’s a description of how she felt growing up in Tennessee facing issues of race, […]
MUSICIANS
Daniel Shevlin Shows His Versatility
The cellist from Well-Strung goes solo
Well-Strung, a string quartet known for its pop covers and hunky members, was founded in 2012 by second violinist Chris Marchant and producer Mark Cortale. Since the pandemic, with group […]
PHOTOSTORY
The Markets Are Alive With the Sound of Music
For some performers, it’s their first live gig since Covid
Covid kept music at bay at most of the Cape’s farmers markets last year. But this summer, guitars, fiddles, drums, and ukuleles — along with their beloved performers — were […]
