Posted By Dan Bolles on Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 7:00 PM

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Courtesy of Burst & Bloom Records

Cover, 'A Light I Can Feel: A Tribute to Brown Bird'

Portsmouth, N.H., label Burst & Bloom Records recently announced the full track listing for the forthcoming tribute comp A Light I Can Feel: A Tribute to Brown Bird. The double album is an homage to the late David Lamb, cofounder of Rhode Island indie-folk band Brown Bird, who died from leukemia in 2014. It features 32 Brown Bird tunes reimagined by artists from around New England, many of whom should be familiar to locals. These include Dan Blakeslee, Audrey Ryan, Dark Dark Dark, Joe Fletcher, Nat Baldwin and South China, among others. A pair of Vermont bands also turns up: the Devil Makes Three and Eastern Mountain Time.

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Posted By Dan Bolles on Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 9:01 AM

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Posted By Amelia Devoid on Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:02 AM

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Jake Clarke

Hey, babes. Did you miss me? I promise you my short absence was well worth the wait. I have some extra lush vibes for you this week, courtesy of Burlington's own beat maker laureate, Loupo.

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Posted By Dan Bolles on Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 11:37 AM

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Posted By Dan Bolles on Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:05 AM

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Posted By Rachel Elizabeth Jones on Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 5:40 PM

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Reuben Jackson

In February 2015, then-governor Peter Shumlin declared February 12 — the birth date of Abraham Lincoln — as Black Lives Matter Day in Vermont. In the two years since, Black Lives Matter has, as a loose racial justice network, grown in visibility nationally as well as in Vermont. Today, Black Lives Matter VT kicked off a four-day spree of events, beginning with this morning's Black Caucus breakfast at the Statehouse. It included the unveiling of a photography exhibition, titled "I Am Vermont, Too," in the capitol's cafeteria.

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Posted By Dan Bolles on Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 6:30 AM

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Posted By Sadie Williams on Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 3:58 PM

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Sadie Williams

Visitors place notes on the "Wall of Love" at Frog Hollow

On Friday night, Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington hosted an opening for its monthlong "Wall of Love" show. Conceived by gallery manager Meredith Mann, it bears a striking resemblance to the Post-it Notes piece titled "Subway Therapy" by New York artist Matthew "Levee" Chavez. That installation provided people with a chance to share their post-election feelings in public, at the 14th Street/6th Avenue station in Manhattan.

Frog Hollow director Rob Hunter shied away from the comparison. "I'm sure Chavez' work was rattling around in our subconscious when we conceived the show, but [that exhibit] was not specifically mentioned by anyone [here]," he explained. "The main goal was bringing people together out of their homes in the cold months."

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Posted By Dan Bolles on Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 11:16 AM

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Today, Friday, February 3, online music distributor Bandcamp is donating 100 percent of its share of proceeds to the American Civil Liberties Union. The move is a response to President Trump's executive order temporarily banning immigrants and refugees from certain Muslim-majority countries.

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Posted By Amelia Devoid on Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 9:34 AM

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Amelia Devoid

'Sup, cuties? This week I'm stoked to be alerting you to a couple of local developments at the intersection of techno-feminism and music. First, here's a little data on the inclusion of women in the music industry.

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