Bill Brotherton

1 week ago | lynnfieldweeklynews.com | Bill Brotherton

When Robert Ellis Orrall’s music career caught fire in the early 1980s, the 1973 Lynnfield High grad and his bandmates often rehearsed in the basement of his parents’ 7 Wing Road home. His dad, Roy, would occasionally weigh in with his opinion. One day, dad yelled down from his upstairs office.

3 weeks ago | itemlive.com | Bill Brotherton

The Boston Calling music festival returned to the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston Friday-Sunday, 12 years after it debuted at City Hall Plaza in Boston. Some 21 bands/musicians performed each day on four stages. The biggest names played on the Green Stage, with up-and-comers and some blasts from the past on the Blue Stage. Local acts were featured on the smaller Orange Stage, and talented Berklee College of Music students shined at the indoor Arena Stage.

1 month ago | itemlive.com | Bill Brotherton

LYNN — In 2001, Edward J. (Chip) Clancy had just been elected mayor. His chief of staff, Jamie Marsh, asked a City Hall custodian to give him a tour of the 1948 Art Deco building. Marsh was awestruck by the auditorium on the first floor. It was a magnificent space, but had fallen into disrepair from lack of use. It was barely used in the ‘70s and ‘80s and only sporadically after that.

1 month ago | itemlive.com | Bill Brotherton

LYNN — It’s Monday afternoon and the first-floor space at Raw Art Works’ (RAW) 37 Central Square headquarters is a mess. Paint brushes and art supplies litter several tables. Colorful drawings and pictures of butterflies and caterpillars are scattered willy-nilly throughout. Creative types aren’t known as the neatest individuals, but really! Rosario Ubiera-Minaya, executive director, and Mariah Neuroth, deputy director, aren’t concerned.

Jul 31, 2024 | marbleheadweeklynews.com | Bill Brotherton

NEWPORT, R.I. — The Newport Folk Festival has a rich history of supporting civil rights and standing up for working men and women. Ever since Lynn-born jazz promoter George Wein, musician/activist Pete Seeger, and others founded the music fest in 1959, human rights has coexisted with performances by musicians new and old.