“To be scrutinized and characterized was a weird thing,” Marshall Crenshaw tells me via phone from his home near New York City. He’s talking about his days in New York in the early 1980s as an ...

It’s been 40+ years in showbiz for Marshall Crenshaw, which has provided a title for his ongoing concert tour. And it’s not something the Berkley native takes for granted. “I’ve achieved longevity,” ...