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Looking back, the last large-scale events we attended last March sound other-worldly. Written By: Christa Lawler | ×
Matt McGrath (from left), Mare Winningham and Todd Almond perform a scene in “Girl from the North Country” which opened about a year ago on Broadway, but quickly closed down because of the pandemic. (Photo by Matthew Murphy)
It was a band that holds the metaphorical key to the city that played one of the last large-scale events in this region before everything was locked down in mid-March 2020.
Wilco’s concert was at Symphony Hall and, according to reviewer Tony Bennett, opened with “Bright Leaves,” featured a solo by Nils Cline “at times playing speedy jazz-rock runs … and at other times letting loose with atonal smears of color and behind the bridge squalls,” and had a guest appearance from Low’s Alan Sparhawk, known friend of the band.
Breanne Marie and the Front Porch Sinners make COVID-careful album
Music is more than a hobby for a Duluth musician who found a way to record during the pandemic. Written By: Christa Lawler | ×
Breanne Marie and the Front Porch Sinner, masked and socially distanced, recorded a record this past summer at Sparta Sound. (Photo courtesy of Breanne Tepler)
It’s a tale as old as the pandemic: A musician had plans to record an album in mid-March 2020 one of those all-immersive sessions at a sleepover studio. Then plans were scrapped a few days in advance because, of course, COVID-19 restrictions.