The Music Museum of New England

Rising from Boston’s fruitful early-80’s scene, Dumptruck delivered the sort of jangly rock pioneered in the ‘60s by The Byrds and The Beatles, then renewed 15 years later by postpunkers including R.E.M., The Church, Let’s Active and Dr...

Born in Brookline, Massachusetts on November 28, 1951, Peter Malick bought his first 45, the Jerry Lee Lewis classic “Great Balls of Fire,” when he was around eight and his first instrument was the clarinet. At age 12, after The Beatles...

Novelty songs have been around since the rise of Tin Pan Alley in the late 1800s, and each generation has its favorites. Baby Boomers recall hearing Sheb Wooley’s “Purple People Eater” and Brian Hyland’s “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini” on AM radio; GenXers recall hearing

Tremendously talented singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer-author-cartoonist Asa Brebner was the go-to guy for many of Boston’s best-known bands in the 1970s and ‘80s, including The Mezz (Mickey Clean), Jonathan Richman &

Between the pre-disco late ‘60s and post-disco late ‘70s, Boston’s soul scene was as vibrant and varied as those in exponentially larger cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, with clubs like The Sugar Shack hosting nationally and internationally acclaimed...