Formed in 1981, Boston band The Dogmatics released two albums in the mid-1980s on New York-based Homestead Records before the death of founding member Paul O’Halloran in 1986.

Boston band The Dogmatics refuse to slow down decades after their debut

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - In 1981, The Dogmatics were playing “garage punk” rock with a hint of rockabilly just when the genre took...
Miss Jean (Jean Durkee) was the host of the Boston version of the children's TV show “Romper Room” in the 1960s and 1970s.

‘Romper Room’ was a television favorite for young children for over 40 years

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By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer BOSTON - Many people of a “certain age” might fondly remember a children’s television show which ran throughout the country...
Chris Wrenn recently released his book “Fenway Punk: How a Boston Indie Label Scored Big on Baseball’s Greatest Rivalry,” where he tells his improbable tale.

Red Sox–Yankees rivalry helped build a record label

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By Colin McCandless Contributing Writer  BOSTON - Boston hardcore punk fan Chris Wrenn has made a career out of hating on the Yankees. Last February, the...
Ora Nichols, a Springfield native, ran the sound effects department at CBS Radio during the 1930s.

Ora Nichols was a sound effects pioneer who took on Orson Welles

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer SPRINGFIELD - Born Aurore Dolores Daigle in 1893 in Springfield, Ora Nichols was the first and only female to head a...
William “Willie” House, a former chauffeur, opened The Chicken Box restaurant on Nantucket in 1949 to serve his famous fried chicken and other southern comfort food and host blues and jazz bands.

The famed Chicken Box nightclub on Nantucket started as a fried chicken restaurant

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer NANTUCKET - Two very different men from Kentucky had one thing in common – finger-licking good chicken. Colonel Harland Sanders, creator...
Boston native and Grammy-nominated bass player Tony Levin has played with such progressive powerhouses as Peter Gabriel and King Crimson. Photo/Juergen Spachman

Boston-bred bass player Tony Levin continues to explore creativity

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By Matt Robinson Contributing Writer BOSTON - Growing up in Boston, Tony Levin was surrounded by music, but it was not the type you might expect from the...
Actor Matt Leblanc, Newton North class of ’85, got his big break when he joined the cast of the TV show “Friends” in 1994. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Newton high schools’ class of ’85 has a lot of prominent graduates

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer NEWTON - There is no question that an enormous number of notable people were born, raised and attended school in the...
Legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday played a week-long engagement at the Flamingo Lounge in Lowell just a few weeks before her death in 1959. Photo/Wikimedia Commons/William Gottlieb

One of Billie Holiday’s last performances was in Lowell

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer LOWELL - Despite discrepancies as to where jazz great Billie Holiday last performed, New York or at Storyville in Boston, it’s...
Big Brother Bob Emery hosted a popular children’s television show in Boston in the 1950s and 1960s.

Big Brother Bob Emery was a beloved Boston children’s TV show host

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By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer BOSTON - Way back in the 1950s, Boston’s WBZ-TV featured a program on channel 4 – the “Big Brother Bob...
Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley’s concerts in Cambridge in the early seventies introduced live reggae to a generation of college students and other local music fans. Photo/Wikimedia Commons/Dennis Morris

Reggae was part of the soundtrack for 1970s Boston area college students

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By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - The death of reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff last November cannot pass without saying how much of an impact he...
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