Noble

Music Writer

Born and raised in Boston, Noble is a music writer for WBUR. He is also the creator of Boston's Premier Vlog, The Museum TV. TMTV has been featured in the Huffington Post, Revolt TV, Dig Boston and more for their work seeking to unify Boston's hip-hop scene.

Recently published

Lowell's DeevoDaGenius is defining the sound of Mass. hip-hop

The producer and engineer is out with "Champion Sound," a 19-track project featuring 15 hip-hop artists from across the state. He says he "wanted to create a sense of unity."

Arts & Culture

Feb 26, 2024

Our music critics selected their favorite local albums of 2023. (Courtesy the artists)

The best local albums of 2023, according to our critics

From a Boston soul singer famous in South America to a pop band barely out of Berklee, the 10 albums on this list paint a pretty accurate picture of what’s...

Arts & Culture

Dec 19, 2023

Mattapan rapper Nay Speaks aims to lift spirits on album 'Nayborhood Healer'

On her debut album, the 19-year-old explores growing up in Boston and navigating the city as a young woman, trying to figure out love and figuring herself out as an...

Arts & Culture

Jul 31, 2023

Our music critics selected their favorite local albums of 2022. (Courtesy the artists)

The 10 best local albums of 2022, according to our critics

If there is a throughline to be found in our critics' selections, it’s that Boston is no longer the music epicenter it once was -- or, at least, that we...

Arts & Culture

Dec 21, 2022

Massachusetts rapper Millyz (Courtesy Dom Bruno)

Rapper Millyz is bringing Massachusetts hip-hop to the mainstream with 'Blanco 5'

The Cambridge artist's "Blanco" series has been the anchor of his career, and now, he’s out with his new album and it's clear he has "found his sound," writes music...

Arts & Culture

Jun 3, 2022

Rapper $ean Wire is stepping out of his comfort zone on 'Reflections'

Wire brings an authenticity and a forever growing world perspective to his new project. "This is the season of executing," he says. "This is the season of discipline."

Arts & Culture

May 2, 2022

Left to right, artists in Feed The Family: BoriRock, Shaykh Hanif, Tremendiss, Top Hooter and Dun Dealy. (Courtesy Marika Belamarich)

New project 'Feed The Family' highlights growth of Boston street music

Artists BoriRock, Dun Dealy, Shaykh Hanif, Top Hooter and producer Tremendiss have all come together with a melting pot of stories and street tales that intersect each other seamlessly.

Arts & Culture

Feb 4, 2022

From Marissa Nadler to Oompa, WBUR music critics selected projects from 11 Massachusetts musicians that made a mark this year. (Courtesy)

11 musicians that made an impact in 2021

A number of our critics’ favorite local albums were written and recorded during the deepest part of the pandemic; these musicians found plenty of material to mine from that time,...

Arts & Culture

Dec 14, 2021

Rapper Kadeem and Frank the Butcher team up for hip-hop project 'Universum'

The Mattapan native wrote and performed while the Worcester creative produced and arranged the 19-minute offering, a true display of storytelling and bar crafting, says music writer Noble.

Arts & Culture

Oct 26, 2021

Listen: Hip-Hop Artist Dutchy DoBad Shares A Piece Of Himself On New EP

After years of releasing singles, the Boston artist is out with his first EP, “FREE YOLA,” a project designed to tell his story beyond his music-making.

Local Coverage

Sep 10, 2021