Angel Olsen’s brand of indie folk veers between the fiery and the ambrosial, weaving together dynamic combinations of vintage Americana and rock and roll. Her spellbinding...
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The Landladys play musical chairs
All four members of The Landladys are singers, songwriters, and multi-instrumentalists, and each is lending his full array of talents to the band’s forthcoming album....
Magic in the making
The thrill of working with glowing molten iron lasts as long the sculptures made from it. It’s been more than 10 years since Lauren and...
Seven days of classical music
The second annual Halcyon Music Festival is upon us, bringing world-class musicians to Exeter, Portsmouth, and Durham. The chamber music festival kicked off with a...
Gun by Anne Oleson
Editor’s note: In April, Portsmouth’s RiverRun Bookstore started accepting submissions for its first short story contest. The response was big, according to RiverRun owner Tom...
Some enchanted island
There is no better American song than Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Some Enchanted Evening.” It is a song that feels like exactly what it says. You...
Video Vault
“3 Women” 20th Century-Fox, 1977 Starring: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Robert Fortier Directed by: Robert Altman The plot: Pinky (Spacek), an awkward mouse...
Grazier gets full Berklee scholarship
Portsmouth-based multi-instrumentalist Max Grazier is on the path to a career in music. Grazier, 18, is the 2015 recipient of the Berklee Lollapalooza Endowed Scholarship,...
Sounding off
Editorial A little less noise there, a little less… noise,” Mr. Darling tells his kids toward the beginning of “Peter Pan,” the summer musical showing...
Candidate in the Wild
The Sound’s Field Guide to Presidential Candidates spotted Wisconsin governor and newly-announced presidential candidate Scott Walker at Seacoast Harley Davidson in North Hampton on July...
Dover board OKs new high school
The Dover School Board approved an $86 million plan for a new combined high school and career technical center at a meeting on Monday, July...
Little by little
When Abby Ross talks about the tiny home she’s building in Kittery, Maine, she quotes a Carole King song: “Way over yonder is a place...
Live music on hold at The Press Room
[Editor’s note: this story was updated on July 15 at 5:50 p.m. to include comments from Portsmouth deputy fire chief Carl Roediger.] Walk by The...
No words required
Ehud Ettun and Haruka Yabuno met each other for the first time five years ago outside the New England Conservatory in Boston. Yabuno, a pianist...
At the Statehouse
As Portsmouth and other New Hampshire cities look at how to regulate Uber and other ridesharing services, a legislative study committee will soon take up...
Anchors aweigh
Ready the raiding party! Cast the landlubbers off the port bow! Portsmouth is ripe for the plundering! The annual Sail Portsmouth festival celebrates 25 years...
The new guy
comedian Trevor Noah comes to Portsmouth Beginning a new job is stressful for anyone. Will my new coworkers like me? Can I get up to...
Durham marketplace sold to Hannaford
Durham Marketplace owners Chuck and Betsy Cressy announced earlier this month that they have sold the downtown grocery store to the Maine-based Hannaford supermarket chain....
Shake and bake
This summer has been relatively mild so far, but Lady Luck Burlesque is getting a little hot under the collar. They Portsmouth-based burlesque troupe will...
Small Bites
Pictured: Andrew Levinson behind the counter at Profile Coffee Bar, which openedin Portsmouth on July 15. photo by Larry Clow Coffee, coffee everywhere If you need...
Record growth
The life of Tan Vampires frontman Jake Mehrmann has changed incredibly in the past six months. Not long after he and his wife, Julia, relocated to...
Eight-Bit Junkyard: plumbers and Pac-Men
With next week’s release of “Pixels” in theaters across the country, classic video games and their bright, blocky protagonists will be in the spotlight once...
Small breweries, big business
In the right hands, turning water, hops, and barley into beer is nothing short of alchemy. But as any craft brewer will you, that magic...
Field Guide to Presidential Candidates
Editor’s note: Though it’s still 2015, the 2016 presidential campaign is underway. The field is already crowded, and to help you keep track, we’re compiling...
Portsmouth talks short-term rentals July 13
The Portsmouth City Council will hold a first reading of an ordinance that would regulate short-term rentals at its Monday, July 13 meeting. The topic...