The Cut a spacious, well-appointed 500-capacity room smack dab in the middle of the city opened its doors on Jan. 13 with a belated 80th birthday concert for the "Godfather of Boston Punk."
Over the long course of a guest-laden Saturday night, many of the musicians who did their own part to establish one of the country’s most fertile music scenes paid tribute to Alexander.
Recalling when the magic happened at Presto Records
Short-lived but celebrated Boston label is reissuing its catalog on digital platforms
By James Sullivan Globe correspondent,Updated April 29, 2021, 2:14 p.m.
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Presto Records founder Chris PorterHayley Young
For more than two decades, Lowell native Chris Porter has made the West Coast his home. He moved to Seattle in the late 1990s to work for the production company behind that cityâs annual music and arts festival, Bumbershoot. A few years ago, he took over the role of talent buyer for San Franciscoâs Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, a huge free annual festival in Golden Gate Park.