A phone conversation with the man called Scanner is by default an awkward exchange, especially when aware that his stage name is an allusion to the knob-twiddler’s infamous phone-scanning antics. Read more...

The elusive female orgasm can be perfectly mimicked by a guy playing blues harmonica. Chances are few, if any, of the near-capacity crowd at Royce Hall on Thursday night being aware of this little-known fact, but by the time Charlie Musselwhite finished his set, no one had any doubts that it could, in fact, be done. Read more...

Rock is dead. It’s a cry that’s been repeated so many times it’s lost its meaning, become a caricature of its own weighty intent and earnest grievousness. Read more...

With instruments poised and fingers itching in anticipation, the members of the Latin Jazz Ensemble eagerly wait for their director Bobby Rodriguez to signal to them, inviting them to join the groove. Read more...

Protests are a girl’s best friend. After a groundswell of public demand, FOX Studios re-released Baz Luhrmann’s “Moulin Rouge!” for weekly midnight screenings at the Mann Festival Theater. Read more...

On the steps, she waited. In her red shirt and dressy gray pants, Juliet Gharibian awaited her fellow Art to Hearter. Dressed in jeans and a checkered shirt, Matt Caplan appeared from the doors of De Neve’s Acacia Hall carrying a pink rose. Read more...

The fusion of musical styles has always come easy for Simon Shaheen. The Arabic multi-instrumentalist started his musical career at the age of five, when he picked up both the oud and the violin. Read more...