8 Articles in 7 Days: WERS Local Music Week

WERS had its first "Local Music Week" last week (Aug 19-27). WERS supports Boston's vibrant local music scene, which boasts an incredible diversity of artists. We had over 50 of them come in to record for almost every show we have: Coffeehouse folk legends, salsa bands for Gyroscope, local club spinmasters for Revolutions. I covered 7 artists in 7 days as well as our Local Music Week free concert at the Paradise, featuring local hip-hop and reggae acts. Because I've been working on another slew of articles for the Boston Business Journal (soon to be seen here) and a book chapter for a book that will be out in summer 2007 (more on that later), I had to write all 8 articles in ONE DAY.

Click on the articles below to view them on the WERS.org site.


D-Ave (up-and-coming rapper) for 88.9@Night (Aug 19)


Maeve (female folk trio) for Coffeehouse (Aug 21)


Live @ the Paradise-WERS (88.9@Night and Rockers) presents Mighty Mystic, Jah-N-I, Termanology, 7L & Esoteric, Special Teamz (Aug 22)


DJ Eli Wilkie (of Avalon fame) for Revolutions (Aug 22)


Sabor Picante (Berklee-based salsa band) for Gyroscope (Aug 23)


Hot Like Fire (veteran reggae group) for Rockers (Aug 24)


Iginajah (policewoman-turned-reggae-protest-singer) for Rockers (Aug 24)


Mary Callanan and Brian Patton (longtime cabaret partners) for Standing Room Only (Aug 26)