
Weeks ago, JP luminary Rick Berlin's latest
full-length, OLD STAG (Hi-N-Dry), threw us into
a tizzy that continues to this day. At this
rate, we'll harldyh be able to stay still in
our pews at North Cambridge's sstately Prospect
Hall (the former church on Roseland Street),
where, this Friday, he'll roll out 'Rick Berlin's
Torn Pocket', an all-star medicine show of 'music
and curiosities' featuring Berlin at the piano
with his 'Old Stag String Quartet' and the 'Old
Stag Singers,' as well as a host of special
guests including Providence's Low Anthem, the
Cello Chix, the Boston Hoop Troop (and yes,
that means hula), Emperor Norton's Stationary
Marching Band, harpsichord heartthrob Leon Schelhase,
and something called the 'Scream Along With
Billy Show'. If ever we've called something
else a hullabaloo before, we take it back. Bring
some extra cash for your own copy of OLD STAG,
and in the meantime, check out Corey Smithson's
enchanting video for the heart-squeezing album
closer, 'You're Light Is On', at the phoenix.com/onthedownload