Lewis M. Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/lewis-m/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:09:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Lewis M. Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/lewis-m/ 32 32 Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite homegrown songs of 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/10/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2025/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:54:47 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042791 Well, that happened. 2025 was definitely a year, a whole 12-month rollout of the most absurd political and economic developments in recent memory. (A presidential administration accidentally texting out military strike plans? Kim Kardashian hawking faux-hair thongs? The tsunami of AI slop rapidly overtaking the equally-vapid Internet ragebait made by actual humans? How can a loving god permit such lunacy?) But the end of the year is always ripe for counting blessings, and as 2025 comes to a close, we’re […]

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]]> Half-Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s 10 favorite homegrown songs of 2025 (so far) https://vanyaland.com/2025/07/03/half-year-in-review-vanyalands-10-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2025-so-far/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:27:45 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041944 We’re at that point in 2025 when it’s time to say “what a year, huh?” To which you respond, “it’s July.” But whether the months have zipped by or moved like molasses, the homegrown tunes released over the last six months have provided a soundtrack for powering through whatever nonsense 2025 and its hellions hurls at us. From Western Massachusetts alt-county to pops of punk and shoegaze from Providence, here are 10 of Vanyaland’s favorite homegrown songs of the year […]

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]]> Lewis M. speaks as his childhood self on new album ‘fka Reggie’ https://vanyaland.com/2024/03/28/lewis-m-speaks-as-his-childhood-self-on-new-album-fka-reggie/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:26:55 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10037724 For most folks, childhood nicknames fall into one of two categories: Embarrassing details from the past, or proud titles they still answer to among close friends. But Lewis M. views his former moniker as a window to an alternate version of himself — a window he tosses wide open on his new album fka Reggie. Stepping back into life as “Reggie” — a shortened version of Reginald, his middle name — the Boston artist unearths old mindsets and perspectives as […]

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