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1 week ago | 
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Just shy of its 50th anniversary, legendary downtown Burlington bar and music venue
Nectar's has announced it will close for the summer in June.
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Talk to anyone who's been in the local punk and hardcore scene for a while and you're bound to hear about 242 Main. The Burlington all-ages venue in the basement of Memorial Auditorium was once the epicenter of the scene, hosting shows for more than 30 years and providing a nexus for the area's nascent bands and a large community of punk fans.
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(Self-released, CD, digital, vinyl) Life is hard. It can kick you in the teeth when you're already down. And when it all gets to be too much, there's something so seductive about crawling back into bed, pulling the covers over your head and giving up on the day. Reid Parsons wants to coax you out of that malaise. The Burlington singer-songwriter has been there and knows the futility of staying down.
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(Self-released, CD, digital, vinyl) "When the world bears down on you / I can feel it too," guitarist and vocalist Chris Page sings on "Walk It Off," the opening track of the Tenderbellies' new album, When the Thunder Rolls. "Hug your brother / walk it off / you're already doing the best you can," he continues, introducing a theme of empathy that runs through the Burlington bluegrass outfit's latest record.
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2 weeks ago | 
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Hank Azaria threw his own birthday party when he turned 40, an experience that was more hassle than fun in the end. So the actor, comedian and mimic, who rose to fame voicing a horde of characters on "The Simpsons" and later starred in films such as The Birdcage and Mystery Men, wasn't exactly champing at the bit to put together another bash on his 60th birthday.
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3 weeks ago | 
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An announcement last week brought the local music scene a mix of bitter tears and sweet nostalgia: Winooski's Waking Windows festival is coming to an end. After 15 years, the fest will take its last stand on Friday, May 2, through Sunday, May 4. "Like many independent festivals and events, we've faced growing financial instability in almost every aspect of what we do," the booking collective announced via social media.
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4 weeks ago | 
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On Wednesday morning, with the Hunt Middle School Jazz Band's repertoire of standards as a soundtrack, bassist and composer
Anthony Tidd and Flynn executive director Jay Wahl announced the full lineup for the 2025 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival from the Flynn Main Stage.
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4 weeks ago | 
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In rock and roll, getting banned from a place is a badge of honor. Think Johnny Cash being blacklisted at the Grand Ole Opry after smashing out the lights with his mic stand or Björk becoming persona non grata in, well, all of China.
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4 weeks ago | 
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Montpelier singer-songwriter and country musician Mark LeGrand died on April 8, two years after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He was 72. LeGrand was a prolific songwriter of the outlaw country variety, drawing inspiration from musicians such as Waylon Jennings. Similar to Jennings, LeGrand wrote often and candidly about his past struggles with alcoholism, as on his 2006 album Cold New England Town.
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1 month ago | 
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The Vermont music scene is going strong in 2025. We've received tons of new albums from every corner of the Green Mountain State, and we listen to every single one that's sent in. When the review queue starts to get a little too long for comfort, music editor Chris Farnsworth switches into overdrive, bringing you six new records from local artists.
