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Boston Herald

Established in 1846, the Boston Herald is one of America's longest-running daily newspapers.

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Cherie Currie, The Runaways: Cherie Currie recalls life as underage, underwear-wearing provocateur

Interview by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 7 April 2010

WHETHER YOU WERE a rock fan in 1975 — or whether you weren't even conceived — you're going to want to take in The Runaways, ...

Echo & The Bunnymen, Ian McCulloch: On the Phone to Ian McCulloch

Report and Interview by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, April 2010

IAN MCCULLOCH likes to ruminate. Spend an hour with the lead singer-songwriter of Echo & the Bunnymen and he'll swerve through a plethora of topics. ...

Oh Land: Land o' Plenty

Report and Interview by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 6 December 2011

YES, OH LAND is her real name – sort of. "My friends and family call me Nanna and I would like it to stay that ...

Brad Paisley: New England Country Music Festival, Gillette Stadium, Mass.

Live Review by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 22 August 2010

"ONE OF THE greatest country cities in the world, Boston, Massachusetts," Brad Paisley gushed last night to a Gillette Stadium crowd of 51,000. And as ...

Flaming Lips: Flaming good time: Lips lock on psychedelia rock

Report and Interview by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 24 July 2011

FEW THINGS ARE certain in life, but this is: At some point Wednesday during the Flaming Lips concert at Bank of America Pavilion, singer Wayne ...

The Pogues: House of Blues, Boston

Live Review by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 21 March 2009

THE POGUES PLAYED a packed House of Blues on Friday night, offering up a rowdy mix of songs both angry and wrenching, vicious and sentimental, ...

Buzzcocks: For Buzzcocks, age of 'Nostalgia' is now

Report and Interview by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 16 May 2010

THIRTY-TWO YEARS ago, a young British punk-pop band, Buzzcocks, recorded a song called 'Nostalgia'. It included these words from singer/guitarist Pete Shelley: "My future and ...

Guster: Orpheum, Boston

Live Review by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 2 November 2009

ONE DECADE AGO, on Halloween, the three guys in Guster donned tuxedos and played a packed Orpheum, riding high on their breakthrough CD, Lost and ...

Bruno Mars: Paradise, Boston

Live Review by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 2 December 2010

MORE THAN A half-century back, young girls screamed for Elvis. Three decades ago, they screamed for Michael Jackson. Tuesday at a packed Paradise, they were ...

Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders: The Pretenders: Orpheum, Boston

Live Review by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 6 February 2009

Pretenders the real deal ...

Gregg Allman, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Elton John, Leon Russell: All Star's Concert For T Bone Is Well Done

Live Review by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 18 October 2010

I FIRST SAW T Bone Burnett in 1975 when he was 27 and one of the less-known musicians on Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour. ...

Lambchop stands out from the herd

Interview by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 17 April 2012

YOU'LL GET THE cut of meat, of course. And you'll find Lamb Chop, Shari Lewis' iconic hand puppet from the '60s. But at No. 1, ...

Black Francis brings "Erotik" art to intimate space

Interview by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 1 September 2010

BLACK FRANCIS will be doing what he's done a lot over the past few years. He'll be singing and playing guitar with the Pixies, the ...

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