{"id":765,"date":"2026-06-06T00:57:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/?p=765"},"modified":"2026-06-06T02:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:58:54","slug":"the-velvet-dirtmunchers-basically-good-puppet-theatre-the-dead-of-winter-3-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/the-velvet-dirtmunchers-basically-good-puppet-theatre-the-dead-of-winter-3-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The Velvet Dirtmunchers, Basically Good Puppet Theatre &#8211; The Dead of Winter 3 Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Rockwell, Somerville, MA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2\/26\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to other obligations, I only make the second half of the show, but as I walk in during intermission, I can immediately tell I have walked in on something special tonight at The Rockwell. The band hosting the night, The Velvet Dirtmunchers, or as I call them, my favorite new band, take the stage and they 100% slay. From funeral marches with edgy lyrics and accordion arpeggios to ballads in funky time signatures, this band is as eclectic and eccentric as they come and that&#8217;s just the tip of the iceberg of what makes The Velvet Dirtmunchers so damn special.&nbsp; The band has a horn section, which I believe were nicknamed \u201cThe Worm Gang\u201d that at times lay flat down flat on the ground as they played or at other times were out in the crowd choreographing a new dance with the audience in \u215e time.&nbsp; Bandleader, Camille, was gracious and talented; her songs were captivating, dark and beautiful, brought to life with lovely arrangements and talented players.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As if the music of The Velvet Dirtmunchers wasn&#8217;t enough, with its odd time signatures, wild tales and irreverent and whimsical performance,&nbsp; part of the festival also included some highly creative puppetry by Basically Good Puppet Theatre. A twenty-four inch Dracula came down from his castle and attacked a puppeteer, while Belinda the Witch either offered advice and bits of wisdom to the crowd, while she wasnt hexing them. It was a quirky night and the heavily interactive performance of the band and the puppetry was fun and engaging.&nbsp; Sign me up for the Dead of Winter 4! (Kier Byrnes)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rockwell, Somerville, MA 2\/26\/25 Due to other obligations, I only make the second half of the show, but as I walk in during intermission, I can immediately tell I have walked in on something special tonight at The Rockwell. The band hosting the night, The Velvet Dirtmunchers, or as I call them, my favorite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,10],"class_list":["post-765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-reviews","tag-spring-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}