James Taylor, who plays the Tweeter Center Tuesday and Wednesday, tells Steve Morse in the Globe that he has passed on playing Fenway Park because he doesn't think "Fire and Rain" can "scour the corners" like the Rolling Stones can with "Brown Sugar." ... Both the Herald and the Globe seem pleased with the selection of Frances Botelho-Hoeg as the winner of the POPSearch contest. ... The Herald's Sarah Rodman lauds the new Dropkick Murphys disc and says don't let the neck tattoos fool you, the lads are indeed a wicked sensitive crew. "...you've got a band like us that sometimes gets mistaken as tough guys when we're really just regular guys, family guys and pacifist completely," singer/bassist Ken Casey tells Sarah.
The Patriot Ledger's Bob Jackman says Plymouth is enjoying "an art renaissance" with new collaboration between the Plymouth Guild for the Arts and the Plymouth Community Art Center, as well as a new gallery and studio opened by painter and teacher Andrew Kusmin.


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