SOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Sam Moss brings all his 'Neon' colors to Atwood’s Tavern
The musical voyage of Sam Moss goes like this: His earliest interest was playing jazz clarinet, like Benny Goodman did on the big band records Moss and his grandfather listened to. But his first...
View ArticleThe focus is on Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood
The charismatic pianist Lang Lang joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Tanglewood’s opening night performance July 6. But for most of the summer, the focus shines on another charismatic musician,...
View ArticleMusic preview: Singer Michael Franti celebrates our similarities
Just when it seems like positivity and optimism are threatened with extinction, here comes Michael Franti and his "Stay Human Tour," scheduled to perform throughout New England over the next few...
View Article'Soul' woman: Norwell's Susan Tedeschi and band bring fiery rock and blues to...
The whole concept of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, based upon the late 1960s Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour featuring Joe Cocker, is musical variety and an ever-evolving collection of topflight musicians,...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: ‘Yellow Submarine’ at The Center for Arts in Natick
As countless fairy tales have done before it, the movie “Yellow Submarine” opens with the words “Once upon a time ...” But after a pause, the narrator slyly adds, “or maybe twice.” And so begins the...
View ArticleStoughton's Lori McKenna gets nostalgic on new album, 'The Tree'
Two-time Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Lori McKenna has a busy few weeks ahead, and she can't wait to get started. That's because Stoughton's songwriting dynamo has a brand new album, "The...
View ArticleDon't call Old Crow Medicine Show a bluegrass band
Ketch Secor, fiddler and singer for the band says: "Old Crow Medicine Show and bluegrass are like East Coast and West Coast cousins that are in the same family, but have never met. Even though we're...
View ArticleThrowback rockers Greta Van Fleet coming to Boston
“We woke up one morning to a call from our manager and he said, get up, there is a call coming in from England and we should be prepared to answer it,” said Sam Kiszka, bassist for fast-rising rockers...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Framingham's Dwayne Haggins brings country blues to...
A look at a typical set list from singer-guitarist Dwayne Haggins would reveal that he’s as comfortable covering rockabilly (Carl Perkins’ “Blue Suede Shoes”) and funk (Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition”)...
View ArticleBoston-based The Ultra mix country and rock
Not that long ago, a former college baseball player and a former college football player became friends over their mutual love of competition, and also the musical careers they both decided to pursue...
View ArticleFoo Fighters rock Fenway Park
There was a moment during the Foo Fighters' second encore tune Saturday night, before a sold out Fenway Park, that seemed to encapsulate the band's appeal. As singer/guitarist Dave Grohl and the sextet...
View ArticleSteamy and heartwarming night in Cohasset with Michael Franti and Spearhead
You checked your cynicism at the door Sunday night when entering the show from Michael Franti and Spearhead at the South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset. If you didn't, it was most likely sung and...
View Article'Sh-Sh-Shakin' with Eddie Money in Cohasset, Hyannis
Fifty years after famously deciding he’d rather be a rock ’n’ roller than join the New York Police Department, where his grandfather, father, and brother all served, Eddie Money still has a lot to sing...
View ArticleMusic: Alt-rockers Cult, Stone Temple Pilots and Bush are coming to Boston
The summer concert season always produces some intriguing combinations for music fans, but the Revolution 3 Tour, hitting Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston on Monday night is exceptional. Essentially...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: It's a night of Tetraptych jazz with Bert Seager
Brighton pianist Bert Seager’s most recent album “Tetraptych,” which is also the name of his current quartet, covers a lot of musical ground, ranging from the varying moods of “Star Wise” to the...
View ArticleCohasset native Meredith Hansen takes center stage at Landmarks Orchestra...
Soprano Meredith Hansen, a Cohasset native, will take center stage for a solo performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Messa da Requiem” with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at the Charles River Esplanade...
View ArticleMusic: Ann Wilson pays tribute to late, great rockers on 'Immortal'
Like a lot of us, Ann Wilson has been saddened by the recent deaths of so many iconic musicians. But the co-frontwoman of the band Heart found an effective way to channel her distress, and the result...
View ArticleParker Quartet to perform at Summer Star in Boylston Aug. 5
“I think it’s a celebration of summer,” violinist Ken Hamao says. “The Tchaikovsky’s got a kind of warm exuberance, right from the opening - it’s almost like a chorale. And everyone knows the Borodin...
View ArticleHarmonies let Banded Starling really fly at The Bebop
Close to a decade before they formed the acoustic guitar- and vocal harmony-driven duet Banded Starling, Priscilla Bel and Pete Wason were members of a church band in their home state of New Hampshire....
View ArticleMusic: Two chances to see country star Scotty McCreery
Country singer Scotty McCreery married his longtime girlfriend Gabi Dugal on June 16, and since then he has been doing a lot of traveling. He’s quick to point out, however, that he’s not on any kind...
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