Barrence Whitfield, the boisterous frontman of the terrific garage rock act Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, says his parents encouraged him to sing from an early age. “I heard a lot of music in ...

NEW HAVEN -- Barrence Whitfield is by no means a stranger to Greater New Haven. His blistering shows with Barrence Whitfield and the Savages in the late 1980s at the old Nightshift Cafe in Naugatuck ...

Long Gone (The Customs) (with Peter Greenberg on guitar & vocals) I Smell A Rat (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) (with Barrence Whitfield on vocals, Steve Lagrega on saxophone, & PG) One Bad Stud (Jerry ...

If you’re planning on attending the Barrence Whitfield and the Savages show next Wednesday at Bar None, you may want to bring along your gym bag. Your rock-and-roll heart and soul will be in for a ...

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After a decade-long hiatus, the Boston outfit reunited in 2011; this year, it released Dig Thy Savage Soul. Here, the blues band plays a soulful,... Barrence Whitfield & The Savages On World Cafe ...

A few years back, Professor Mighty Manfred, the man responsible for the screaming and shouting in the garage rock band the Woggles, met guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt for the first time at a club ...

Last night, Dec. 19, Yo La Tengo oxidized off their annual Hanukkah run at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. As always, the show featured a surprise opener, guest comedian sit-ins and an encore ...

It wasn’t that long ago — well, five months — that Barrence Whitfield was in his element, onstage in Malaga, Spain, sweating and singing, rocking and rolling. The veteran Beverly-based singer was ...

A delightful duality drives “Urinetown,” the cautionary musical comedy playing at the Lyric Stage through Oct. 20. While loaded with hilariously absurd production numbers, including “Too Much ...

SHOLL David Sholl, an accomplished Boston-area musician and Expressive Realist artist best known in the 1980s as the blistering tenor sax behind Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, and more recently ...