SOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Bassist Wilkenfeld stands tall at Brighton Music Hall
NOTE: This week’s column is dedicated to three recent major losses in the world of music: Producer extraordinaire George Martin, without whom the Beatles might have just been another pop band, who died...
View ArticleBoston Modern Orchestra Project mounts free operatic performance of 'Child...
Of all of childhood’s fantasy characters, Alice may have the most lasting appeal. Her "Adventures in Wonderland," and "Through the Looking-Glass," remain alive in the memory of adults through...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Banjo, fiddle, and fancy footwork at Club Passim
Canadian banjo player Allison de Groot had been getting a lot of notice and gaining a lot of fans when she was part of the Winnipeg-based country-bluegrass-folk quartet Oh My Darling.But a move south...
View ArticleCLASSICAL REVIEW: Nelsons brings clarity and balance to BSO's ambitious program
Nelsons has returned for a spring session with the BSO, and his first program includes the American premiere of Giya Kancheli's “Dixi,” for chorus and orchestra; Rachmaninov's lush and popular...
View ArticleStrutting her own stuff: Veteran backup singer Lisa Fischer leaps to the fore
If you saw the Oscar-winning 2013 documentary “20 Feet from Stardom,” you know who Lisa Fischer is. If you didn’t, just know that for the past four decades, she’s risen up through the musical ranks to...
View ArticleMUSIC SCENE: Jazz artist Hiromi goes back to school
Hiromi, a 2003 graduate of Berklee College of Music, and her Trio Project will be head lining the Berklee Performance Center on Sunday night.
View ArticleSOUND ADVICE: Aztec Two-Step, John Prine, Chick Corea, Bela Fleck
Concerts, shows and nightlife around the region.
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Singer-songwriter Kevin Connolly brings 'Ice Fishing' to...
Kevin Connolly had to think for a few moments when asked to come up with a succinct description of what he does when he straps on a guitar and steps up to a microphone.“I’m a contemporary...
View ArticleCLASSICAL REVIEW: Boston Symphony Orchestra navigates Mozart, Bruckner
An unlikely pairing get along well thanks to conductor Andris Nelsons and the orchestra.
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Boz Scaggs gives the lowdown
The musical career of Boz Scaggs goes something like this: He started playing guitar in the late ’50s about age 14; in the ’60s, he played in a folk combo, eventually got into the blues with his high...
View ArticleMUSIC REVIEW: Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra make a statement with...
The Boston Symphony Orchestra, performing the work under music director Andris Nelsons Thursday evening at Symphony Hall, has played a major role in the century-long performance history of Mahler's Ninth.
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Avishai Cohen’s quartet plays it mellow
Confession: When I requested an interview with Avishai Cohen, whose jazz quartet plays at the Regattabar on April 28, I didn’t know if it was the Israeli bass player or the Israeli trumpeter. It didn’t...
View ArticleMUSIC PREVIEW: Versatile violinist Jeremy Kittel follows his own musical muse
The intrepid violinist traverses musical boundaries from traditional roots, jazz, Celtic, classical, electronic, and more.
View ArticleArtWeek brings visual, theater, literary arts to public
Though the art world of Boston and beyond is bubbling in all seasons, for a few weeks each year ArtWeek Boston brings the work of area artists to the surface for public events - most of them free -...
View ArticleSOUND ADVICE: Kathy Mattea, Spyro Gyra, English Beat
Concerts, shows and nightlife all around the region.
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Mark Erelli brings new tunes to Passim
When singer-songwriter Mark Erelli hits a stage, you know he’ll have some sort of guitar strapped on. For the show he’s doing – with band accompaniment – at Club Passim on April 29, he’ll likely be...
View ArticleAsian adventure abounds in Cape Symphony's 'Silk Road'
The East will make music with the West in the Cape Symphony's "The Silk Road and Beyond" Jan. 16 and 17."It's the most adventurous concert I have given on the Cape," said artistic director Jung-Ho...
View ArticleHave you heard? Aztec Two Step heads to Eastham
Thirty-five years is a long time for any two people to stay in step with each other, but that's what the folk-rock duo Aztec Two Step has done.A chance meeting at a Boston open mic in 1971 led to one...
View ArticleSit-a-While isn’t standing still
St. Paul, Minnesota has Prairie Home Companion, but we’ve got Minnesota’s own Kami Lyle, whose ”Sit-a-While with Kami Lyle” shows combine elements of PHC, Austin City Limits and Later With Jools...
View ArticleCape's own Meghan Trainor wins big at Grammy's
Nauset Regional High School grad Meghan Trainor was named Best New Artist at the Feb. 15 Grammy Awards. Trainor, 22, graduated with the class of 2012 and earlier this month paid a surprise visit to...
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