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Every year when The Town and the City announce their line-up, we say that it's their best ever, and every year we truly mean it. 2026 keeps their unbeaten streak alive with a line-up that's going to thrill all music fans in the Lowell area. This year, the festival once again takes over downtown Lowell April 30 through May 2. Individual shows haven't been announced yet, but you'll get to see John Doe of X and David Lowery of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven performing together, as well as Tanya Donelly and Chris Brokaw with their "modern interpretations of medieval music." Also playing this year are folk rockers The Felice Brothers, along with local favorites GA-20, Future Teens, JVK, Megan From Work, The Wolff Sisters, Tysk Tysk Task, Dee Tension & The Secrets, Other Brother Darryl, Tell, Phantom Ocean, and many, many more. In an interesting move, two Lowell favorites will be performing cover sets this year, with The Ghouls performing Black Sabbath and Bur...

Photo by Jason Thrasher You most likely know David Lowery from bands like Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. Now he's set to release a twenty-eight track solo album that doubles as his musical autobiography. The first single from that album, "I Wrote a Song Called Take the Skinheads Bowling," is about writing the song "Take the Skinheads Bowling" and where Lowery was at the time of his life. Despite being incredibly meta and a truly unique way to release an autobiography, the song is pretty great. Of course, that's not surprising given Lowery's musical pedigree, but it's always a treat when one of your long time favorites releases new music that's both good and interesting. We'll be looking forward to the upcoming album to see what other chapters in his life are put to song. You can listen to "I Wrote a Song Called Take the Skinheads Bowling" below. Fathers, Sons and Brothers is due out May 30 on Cooking Vinyl. For more on David Lowe...