Katherine Albee

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Spencer Albee's got Spirit. How 'bout you?
One way to experiment with songwriting is to throw convention out the window, eschew verses and choruses, try to be completely unique. Sometimes the idea appears that if a song sounds like anything that came before it, well, that's points deducted like a gymnast who missed her landing. It's derivative!
By SAM PFEIFLE | July 30, 2009

Picnic + Homecoming

Music seen at Lincoln Park and SPACE Gallery, September 13, 2008
We’ll hope that both of the first-time ever events that took place last Saturday will return annually, and be as successful in the future as their debuts.
By SONYA TOMLINSON | September 17, 2008

The House that Headstart built

It’s more Amityville Horror than Victoria Mansion
How did that CSN song go? “Our house/ Is a very, very, very fine house/ With two cats in the yard/ Life used to be so hard/ Now everything is easy, cuz of you.” That’s it.
By SAM PFEIFLE | October 11, 2006

What’s the frequency, Kevin?

Subject Bias explains, And This Is Why You Can’t Have Nice Things
For all his strengths as a songwriter, it’s Kevin Ouellette’s talent for finding excellent musicians to work with that really impresses.
By SAM PFEIFLE | October 04, 2006

Beat Report: Home is where the heart is

Ryan McCalmon skips town with an R&B lovefest
It would be hard to pile up a better local-music resume than Ryan McCalmon has over the past five years, but he probably still doesn't have a full-time gig occupying your attention.
By SAM PFEIFLE | February 02, 2006