@aimsel.bsky.social
Journalist/content producer at Portland Press Herald in Maine. HUGE music lover and I write about it. Check out aimselontherecord.com
It was an honor to chat with the legendary Janis Ian. She'll be in Maine twice next week when the documentary of her life is shown. www.pressherald.com/2025/09/15/a...
Ahead of two Maine appearances, Janis Ian reflects on her storied career
The documentary "Janis Ian: Breaking Silence" will be screened in Gardiner and Brownfield, and Ian will be there.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It was an honor to chat with the legendary Janis Ian. She'll be in Maine twice next week when the documentary of her life is shown. www.pressherald.com/2025/09/15/a...
Incredible show happening in Bangor, ME on Friday. Here's a preview of the Outlaw Music Festival!!! Hello, WILLIE NELSON & BOB DYLAN! AND HELLO SHERYL CROW, WAXAHATCHEE AND MADELINE EDWARDS.
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Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson headline Outlaw Music Festival in Bangor
The show on Friday also features Sheryl Crow, Waxahatchee and Madeline Edwards.
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September 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Incredible show happening in Bangor, ME on Friday. Here's a preview of the Outlaw Music Festival!!! Hello, WILLIE NELSON & BOB DYLAN! AND HELLO SHERYL CROW, WAXAHATCHEE AND MADELINE EDWARDS.
www.pressherald.com/2025/09/01/b...
www.pressherald.com/2025/09/01/b...
I am at The Who show in Boston tonight. My soul has left my bosy‼️♥️🎉
August 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I am at The Who show in Boston tonight. My soul has left my bosy‼️♥️🎉
Flashback to the summer of 2019 at Newport Folk Festival when I shot this footage of Dolly Parton singing "I Will Always Love You" WITH Brandi Carlile. I STILL can't believe it.
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Dolly Parton with Brandi Carlile “I Will Always Love You”
YouTube video by Aimsel on the Record
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August 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Flashback to the summer of 2019 at Newport Folk Festival when I shot this footage of Dolly Parton singing "I Will Always Love You" WITH Brandi Carlile. I STILL can't believe it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR4R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR4R...
On this day seven years ago, I saw Brandi Carlile at Red Rocks. What a night that was.
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Transformative show from Brandi Carlile at Red Rocks 8.12.18
Let me ask you something. Has there been a place you’ve wanted to go to for pretty much your entire life? As a live music fan, there are venues around the globe that I still haven’t bee…
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August 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
On this day seven years ago, I saw Brandi Carlile at Red Rocks. What a night that was.
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11 years ago today we lost Robin Williams. I wish he was still here.
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August 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
11 years ago today we lost Robin Williams. I wish he was still here.
MLM (memory lane moment). A year ago I interviewed Kathleen Turner for the Portland Press Herald and sometimes I still pinch myself.
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August 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
MLM (memory lane moment). A year ago I interviewed Kathleen Turner for the Portland Press Herald and sometimes I still pinch myself.
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I may have to MMMBop my way to Thompson's Point on Sunday for Guster on the Ocean. Hanson will be there AND Joy Oladokun. Plus, Guster's "Airport Song" is still a massive banger. Story here: www.pressherald.com/2025/08/04/g...
Guster’s bringing all their friends for 7th annual Guster on the Ocean in Portland
Saturday and Sunday shows at Thompson's Point include several guests, including Hanson and The Mountain Goats.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I may have to MMMBop my way to Thompson's Point on Sunday for Guster on the Ocean. Hanson will be there AND Joy Oladokun. Plus, Guster's "Airport Song" is still a massive banger. Story here: www.pressherald.com/2025/08/04/g...
Truly, this is one of the happiest stories I've ever written. Musician Lucy Dacus married 3 couples on stage during her set at the Back Cove Music & Arts Festival in Portland, ME on Aug. 3. The entire thing was lovely and glorious.
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Musician Lucy Dacus marries 3 Maine couples at Back Cove Festival
The onstage wedding ceremonies have been a feature at several of Dacus' concerts this summer.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Truly, this is one of the happiest stories I've ever written. Musician Lucy Dacus married 3 couples on stage during her set at the Back Cove Music & Arts Festival in Portland, ME on Aug. 3. The entire thing was lovely and glorious.
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www.pressherald.com/2025/08/04/s...
Four words of supreme importance today:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE BUSH !!!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE BUSH !!!!!
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Kate Bush - Cloudbusting - Official Music Video
YouTube video by KateBushMusic
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July 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Four words of supreme importance today:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE BUSH !!!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE BUSH !!!!!
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Interview with Holly and Jess from LUCIUS for the @pressherald.com !!! See them in Maine TWICE next week.
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Indie-pop band Lucius to play new album at Portland and Bar Harbor shows
Local superfan Marian Starkey will be there.
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July 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Interview with Holly and Jess from LUCIUS for the @pressherald.com !!! See them in Maine TWICE next week.
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Interview with Sara Watkins from @imwithherband.bsky.social for the @pressherald.com
Read on!!!
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Read on!!!
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I’m With Her releases its newest album ahead of Portland show with Iron & Wine
The co-headlining show is at Thompson's Point on July 19.
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July 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Interview with Sara Watkins from @imwithherband.bsky.social for the @pressherald.com
Read on!!!
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Read on!!!
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I had something to say about Pride month so I said it. Honored to be given the opportunity to write an op-ed piece for my paper, The Portland Press Herald.
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Against the odds, Pride in Portland | Opinion
Though I have many happy memories of these celebrations, this year hits different.
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June 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I had something to say about Pride month so I said it. Honored to be given the opportunity to write an op-ed piece for my paper, The Portland Press Herald.
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Eight years ago today I saw U2 on the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree tour. #u2
Here's what I had to say about it:
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Here's what I had to say about it:
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Creating intimacy with 50,000 fans: The brilliance of U2 on the 2017 Joshua Tree tour
It’s been 48 hours since I saw U2 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA on June 25, 2017. Still tired yet still smiling, I’m sitting at my kitchen table in my newly purchased U2 t-shirt…
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June 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Eight years ago today I saw U2 on the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree tour. #u2
Here's what I had to say about it:
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Here's what I had to say about it:
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I needed a solid jolt of pure joy so I dusted this off. Here's my 2018 recap video of the Newport Folk Festival. Brandi Carlile, David Crosby, Lucius and many others.
Enjoy!
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Enjoy!
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Newport Folk Fest
YouTube video by Aimsel on the Record
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June 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I needed a solid jolt of pure joy so I dusted this off. Here's my 2018 recap video of the Newport Folk Festival. Brandi Carlile, David Crosby, Lucius and many others.
Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eRt...
Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eRt...
Hell of an honor to interview #suzannvega for the @pressherald.com ! Here's the story:
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Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega brings her new album to Maine
Vega released her tenth studio album, 'Flying With Angels' and will make a stop in Arundel for a show on June 18.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hell of an honor to interview #suzannvega for the @pressherald.com ! Here's the story:
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This Steinway piano was played by David Bowie and Kate Bush. I sat at it a few weeks ago while visiting a recording studio in Dublin, Ireland.❤️♥️🇮🇪
May 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This Steinway piano was played by David Bowie and Kate Bush. I sat at it a few weeks ago while visiting a recording studio in Dublin, Ireland.❤️♥️🇮🇪
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Outdoor summer concert season in Maine starts this weekend, when hitmaker Avril Lavigne kicks things off at the Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor on Sunday.
Avril Lavigne, Billy Idol, Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan headline Maine concerts
In Portland, the Back Cove Music & Arts Festival with Lord Huron and Lucy Dacus is Aug. 2 and 3, and Guster on the Ocean is slated for Aug. 9 and 10.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Outdoor summer concert season in Maine starts this weekend, when hitmaker Avril Lavigne kicks things off at the Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor on Sunday.
Still 100% reeling over the news that Jill Sobule died in a house fire yesterday. Yes, life will go on. But it won't be the same. Gutted. Just gutted.
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Life Goes On Without You
YouTube video by Jill Sobule - Topic
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May 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Still 100% reeling over the news that Jill Sobule died in a house fire yesterday. Yes, life will go on. But it won't be the same. Gutted. Just gutted.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yKq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yKq...
Saturday night I'm seeing the living legend ALISON MOYET in Boston. Whipped up a show prep playlist and my excitement is ratcheting up with each song. "All Cried Out" is on at the moment. That segued into Don't Go (Yaz) and those synths make my heart very happy. #alisonmoyet
April 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Saturday night I'm seeing the living legend ALISON MOYET in Boston. Whipped up a show prep playlist and my excitement is ratcheting up with each song. "All Cried Out" is on at the moment. That segued into Don't Go (Yaz) and those synths make my heart very happy. #alisonmoyet
It's a Tori Amos Boys for Pele kind of afternoon.
Happy weekend one and all. xx
Happy weekend one and all. xx
April 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's a Tori Amos Boys for Pele kind of afternoon.
Happy weekend one and all. xx
Happy weekend one and all. xx
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This Portland Maine man’s skill is one reason why recorded music sounds so good: Mastering engineer Adam Ayan. Nice article by @aimsel.bsky.social
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This Portland man’s skill is one reason why recorded music sounds so good
Mastering engineer Adam Ayan has worked on albums by Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Madonna, Queen and others.
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April 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This Portland Maine man’s skill is one reason why recorded music sounds so good: Mastering engineer Adam Ayan. Nice article by @aimsel.bsky.social
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I was so traumatized by the current episode of "The Last Of Us" that I had to watch "The Handmaid's Tale" to CHEER MYSELF UP. We are living in dark times, both in real life and the television landscape. p.s. no spoiler comments please to respect those who aren't caught up. xx
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April 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I was so traumatized by the current episode of "The Last Of Us" that I had to watch "The Handmaid's Tale" to CHEER MYSELF UP. We are living in dark times, both in real life and the television landscape. p.s. no spoiler comments please to respect those who aren't caught up. xx
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goodnight, y'all. be safe, be well, make good choices & i love u
March 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
goodnight, y'all. be safe, be well, make good choices & i love u