Paul Mescal has curated a new ‘Mixtape’ playlist for music streaming platform Spotify and - not surprisingly - he included a few Irish artists in the shuffle. Mescal’s “Songs to make you feel ...

Geddes, N.Y. — It was one year and two days ago that an Irish punk band from New York City showed up not-so-quietly in Syracuse and performed a magic trick at the State Fair: It took an empty Chevy ...

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers March 14-20. Of all the Dunkin’-clutching stereotypes about Bostonians, perhaps ...