Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press Herald. She has been obsessed with – and inspired by – music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town library when she was 6 years old. She bought her first Rolling Stones record at a flea market when she was in 7th grade and discovered David Bowie a year later. She's a huge fan of the local music scene and covers it along with national musical happenings in her column. You'll also find her out and about absorbing live music and shopping for vinyl at local record shops and flea markets. Aimsel regularly appears on the WCSH TV show “207” to preview upcoming concerts.
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PublishedApril 15, 2024
What the man who started Record Store Day buys on vinyl
The annual retail holiday is on Saturday, and Chris Brown of Bull Moose goes on the record about his music purchasing habits.
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PublishedApril 1, 2024
Singer-songwriter Scott Folsom memorializes Lewiston tragedy with ‘When It Comes’
Plus, an Indigo Girls documentary is screening at Space.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2024
Sugarhouses to open Saturday, after storm disrupts Maine Maple Sunday Weekend
An early spring storm dumped snow and ice over much of the state, keeping many sugarhouses from opening on their most lucrative weekend.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2024
Where to play disc golf in southern and central Maine
Here are the details on more than a dozen courses, from Saco to Sidney.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2024
Leap into spring with these 11 events
Celebrate May Day, get tickets to the Sea Dogs, explore the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, and more.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2024
Dropkick Murphys guitarist talks St. Patrick’s Day, Red Sox and The Pogues
Before the Celtic punk band’s show in Portland next week, Tim Brennan answered our five most pressing questions.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2024
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue plan State Theatre performance
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will take the stage at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at State Theatre, 609 Congress St. in Portland. Trombone Shorty brings his Shorty Gras tour though Portland for a New Orleans-style party. Shorty, whose real name is Troy Andrews, has every right to toot his own horn because the music […]
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2024
Face the Music: Have you heard? Some major acts are headed to Maine this summer
It’s time to mark your calendars and buy some tickets.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2024
State Theatre in Portland to present Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Georgia-based blues musician Jontavious Willis plays in Portland on Saturday.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2024
Maine native Amy Allen a writer on new Justin Timberlake song
The Waynflete grad co-wrote the single ‘Selfish,’ released Thursday.
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