Cliff Notez is many things, among them a musician and an advocate. Through his projects, including Boston Answering — a showcase that elevates the city's brimming talent as an alternative to Boston ...

In the last month of 2018, the city of Boston flocked to the House Of Blues for the Boston Music Awards, the music scene’s biggest event of the year, especially for artists hoping to break out beyond ...

Cliff Notez recently created an annual tradition. He now takes the month of November to unplug, unwind and reflect while still making music. “No-Notez November was something I started after being at ...

Cliff Notez’s latest album, “Why the Wild Things Are,” goes from the joyful, hooky, Top 10-ready hip-hop of “Happy” to mournful, almost-broken guitar ballad “Losing Crowns II” in an instant. For the ...

Cliff Notez is prolific — and not just because he writes five to six songs in a day. He has a touch on all art forms across Boston, teaching music, film and songwriting at Northeastern, Tufts and his ...

Last year, when Boston hip hop artists Cousin Stizz and STL GLD were on the lineup, Dorchester’s Cliff Notez was thrilled to show up and support his friends at Boston Calling. It felt good, he says, ...

It’s not unusual to see Boston rapper Cliff Notez “shake s--- up,” as they put it. There was the time they put Boston Calling on notice for ignoring hip-hop and local artists, and threw an event — ...

In the front room of the Jamaica Plain collective known as White Haus, Boston hip-hop artist Cliff Notez sits on a throne of his own creation: a pink floral armchair with a baroque wood frame that he ...

1 GATSBY, with Music by Florence Welch, Begins Performances at A.R.T. 2 World Premiere of GATSBY at A.R.T. Pushes First Preview Date American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, under ...

Boston rapper Cliff Notez poses an answer in the title of his new album, “Why the Wild Things Are,” and then proceeds to unwind the questions that bring the listener to that place. “Is it worth ...

Cliff Notez remembers the first time they felt truly included in the world of folk music. Growing up, the Boston artist consumed a steady diet of the genre in their mother’s car, where mainstream ...