Jed Gottlieb

Boston

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Music and Theatre Critic at Boston Herald

I write those cool LIFE Magazine tribute issues (ABBA, Madonna, Beach Boys, Duran Duran...) + Boston Herald arts + Berklee history of rock class

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Articles

'Kimberly Akimbo' playwright goes from Southie to stardom

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Jed Gottlieb

Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire imagines some kids grow up seeing Broadway theater. Maybe they live in New York. Maybe their parents vacation there. That wasn’t Lindsay-Abaire’s life. “I grew up in Southie, my dad sold fruit out of the back of a truck, my mother was a factory worker,” Lindsay-Abaire told the Boston Herald. But when he was ten, a theater-loving uncle took him to see the musical “Annie” at the Colonial Theater — “It was life changing,” he said.
Celebrate anniversary of Tina Turner's comeback

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Jed Gottlieb

Tina Turner pulled off the most unlikely, the most surprising and stunning and deserved comeback in rock history with 1984’s “Private Dancer.”At 45, Tina was old in 1984, and the rock and pop field was crowded with young talent. Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” spent the first three and half months of the year in the No. 1 spot.
Everything's coming up rosés for spring

2 weeks ago | bostonherald.com | Jed Gottlieb

We did it! We made it to spring! And we all deserve to celebrate with a nice glass of rosé. Rosé can be thought of as basic — thanks Frosé, which, to be fair, can be delicious. But rosé has a wonderful history. The Greeks were drinking it 2,500 years ago. The French and Spanish make and drink tons of the pink ambrosia. It can be sweet or dry, affordable or a splurge, and goes with loads of spring and summer dishes. But where to start? So glad you asked.
Little Feat rocks on with 'Strike Up the Band'

2 weeks ago | bostonherald.com | Jed Gottlieb

Fred Tackett met Lowell George in the ’60s Los Angeles music scene in the most ’60s Los Angeles music scene way. “I moved to Los Angeles and met this girl, who has now been my wife for 50-some years, and she lived next door to Lowell,” Tackett told the Boston Herald. “She brought him over to (songwriter) Jimmy Webb’s house to play sitar.
Why Lowell's The Town and the City fest reigns

3 weeks ago | bostonherald.com | Jed Gottlieb

The Town and The City Festival is Massachusetts’ ultimate music festival. In a state with the long-running, always-awesome Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble and megafest Boston Calling, crowning The Town and The City seems like a bold claim. But a look at 2025 line up playing downtown Lowell April 24 – 26 reveals a carefully curated slate of locals that runs from unknown to already-gone-national acts. First, everyone should enjoy the art they enjoy, so zero shade intended toward the other fests.
Why Lowell's The Town and the City fest reigns

3 weeks ago | lowellsun.com | Jed Gottlieb

The Town and The City Festival is Massachusetts' ultimate music festival. In a state with the long-running, always-awesome Rock 'n' Roll Rumble and megafest Boston Calling, crowning The Town and The City seems like a bold claim. But a look at 2025 line up playing downtown Lowell April 24 - 26 reveals a carefully curated slate of locals that runs from unknown to already-gone-national acts. First, everyone should enjoy the art they enjoy, so zero shade intended toward the other fests.
Linda Lindas ride viral fame to 2nd album, tour

3 weeks ago | bostonherald.com | Jed Gottlieb

Mila de la Garza powers “No Obligation” with a furious thump that feels like a punk rock drumming clinic. Around the pounding, guitarists Bela Salazar and Lucia de la Garza and bassist Eloise Wong fill in heavy riffs and power chords.
ASP director flips the script on 'Midsummer Night's Dream'

1 month ago | bostonherald.com | Jed Gottlieb

Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed lovers. Maybe it’s fate, probably it’s teenage hormones, but their destiny seems inevitable. Shakespeare often presents love as inevitable.
Boston stages light up for spring

1 month ago | bostonherald.com | Jed Gottlieb

The air is warm (well, warmer). Arts are hot (real, real hot). It’s time to get out and see something. What? How about ballet or Beethoven, Broadway theater or loud rock ‘n’ roll. “Carousel”now through April 13, Emerson Colonial TheatreThe Boston Lyric Opera presents an 80th anniversary production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel” at the theater it debuted at in 1945.
'Shucked' co-creator Clark brings corn to Broadway

1 month ago | bostonherald.com | Jed Gottlieb

As a kid, Brandy Clark went to a few concerts. Clark loved them and connected quickly with live music. But she also recognized that in-person performances can be rough and raw. So when, as a high schooler, she saw a touring Broadway company do “Phantom of the Opera” at a Seattle theater, she was floored. “I’d never seen live music that was so perfect,” Clark told the Herald.