Aimsel Ponti

Portland Press Herald

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 News Center Maine TV show “207” to preview upcoming concerts.

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Published
May 31, 2012

As usual, Williams makes it personal

‘In the Time of Gods’ is home to 10 songs with themes of current social issues, including personal responsibility in helping to change the world, politics and turmoil.
Published
May 31, 2012

Making Noise: Heart Shaped Rock takes its music in many directions

Singer Sheridan Giordano answers questions about the band’s history, music and radio airplay.
Published
May 24, 2012

Making Noise: Ryan Owens cranks it loud and jumps on his box

The local musician describes his sound as ‘John Lee Hooker making a punk record’.
Published
May 17, 2012

Making Noise: Brahms is back, singing about love, adversity

She is part of a songwriters in the round show tonight at Blue and will play CD-release show on June 22 at The Big Easy.
Published
May 10, 2012

Making Noise: Schrock gives older songs a new spin in Nashville

The singer-songwriter talks about what’s happening down South, what we can expect in terms of a release schedule, and how becoming a mother has shifted her world view.
Published
May 7, 2012

Waterville’s The Resistance named ‘Best Young Band’

The alternative/hard rock quartet wins Reindeer Records’ statewide high school band competition.
Published
May 3, 2012

Making Noise: Maine refugee Efron bringing her lyrical ‘art-pop’ to town

Rachel Efron will celebrate the release of her third CD with a show at One Longfellow Square on Saturday.
Published
April 26, 2012

Making Noise: With new CD, Whitcomb aiming for the life of Riley

The CD-release party is May 12 at Asylum.
Published
April 26, 2012

Queen: The singing drunk guy – and so much more

Here’s a look at some of the ways the music of Queen has been immortalized in various pop culture ways: • “WAYNE’S WORLD”: It was 1992, and Freddie Mercury had been dead for less than a year when characters Wayne and Garth made the triumphant leap from the small screen of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” […]
Published
April 23, 2012

Sinèad O’Connor cancels spring tour dates

The Sinèad O’Connor concert scheduled for May 23 at the House of Blues in Boston has been canceled along with all of the dates of her upcoming tour in support of the new record “How About I Be Me (And You Be You).” Here’s what was posted on O’Connor’s Facebook page earlier today: “With […]

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