Big Something keeps on groovin'
Although they hail from Burlington, North Carolina, there is surely no moss growing on the Big Something. The independent rock/funk/jazz band is completing a year of touring, while also celebrating...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: What entertainers told us in 2018
Another year winds down, another 52 interviews with musicians made their appearances in this column. Subjects ranged from pop culture icons (Herb Alpert) to homegrown rockers (Juliana Hatfield) to...
View ArticleMusic: Juliet Simmons DiNallo finds her voice
Juliet Simmons DiNallo said she always enjoyed singing, but it took her years to find her voice as a songwriter. Now DiNallo, perhaps best known in the Boston area recently as leader of the rockabilly...
View ArticleMUSIC REVIEW: Standout classical CDs of 2018
Selling recordings has never been a strength of classical music. In fact, now it’s not strength of any kind of music. But classical music ensembles have found a way — with limited pressings, direct...
View ArticleMusic: It's a blues bash in Boston with the North Mississippi All Stars
The North Mississippi All Stars don't play in New England nearly enough, it seems, but they certainly make it count when they do. Saturday night's marathon show before about 300 fans at Brighton Music...
View ArticleMile Twelve visits Club Passim with new and traditional bluegrass sounds
There wasn’t any bluegrass spinning around in Evan Murphy’s head when he was growing up in Milton. Nor was he playing guitar, though there was one sitting in a corner, gathering dust.But these days,...
View ArticleYear in review: The best jazz albums of 2018
The physical album as a vehicle for new music is becoming rare, with downloads and online collections taking over, and jazz is often out of the spotlight these days. But there are plenty of dedicated...
View ArticleMusic: 'Gumbo, Grits and Gravy' is a stew of musical styles
Blues is a jumping off point for Guy Davis. He uses it as a basis to explore a variety of sounds and styles. Over his lengthy career, Davis has played all the usual blues venues and festivals, but also...
View ArticleSeth Rosenbloom brings a blast of the blues at the Burren
Blues guitarist Seth Rosenbloom puts the blame squarely on the movie “School of Rock” for getting him interested in both playing guitar and playing blues on guitar, which is what he’ll be doing at the...
View ArticleMUSIC REVIEW: The Revivalists get Boston jumping
New Orleans is known as the musical mecca where musicians and bands gleefully ignore stylistic boundaries and mix genres in unexpected ways. About the only thing you can be sure of is that with any...
View ArticleMusic review: The Revivalists get Boston in the groove
New Orleans is known as the musical mecca where musicians and bands gleefully ignore stylistic boundaries and mix genres in unexpected ways. About the only thing you can be sure of is that with any...
View ArticleCappella Clausura’s entire repertory this season features women composers
They worked in convents. If they showed talent, it was stifled when adulthood approached. “Women wrote to their physical reality,” says Cappella Clausura’s music director Amelia LeClair. “Not being...
View ArticleThe Lights Out Blues Band will shine at Jasper Hill
Gary Bernath has loved the harmonica since, many decades ago, his father gave him one so he could learn how to play “Silent Night” during the Christmas season, and “Red River Valley” the rest of the...
View ArticleMusic: Weekend concerts to benefit musician Mark Cutler
It is a measure of the respect and admiration musicians from all over southeastern New England have for him that when the idea of a salute to Mark Cutler's music came up, more than 20 acts signed on...
View ArticleAnnual concert celebrates music of the great John Coltrane
Tenor and soprano saxophonist John Coltrane died at the age of 40 in 1967, but his name and his music remain in the upper echelons of jazz, ranging in styles from ballads to bop, from mainstream to...
View ArticleMusic: Marshall Crenshaw joins the Smithereens for Scituate show
The Smithereens had a handful of hits in the late 1980s, as their gritty power pop found an audience that appreciated their classic garage rock sound with its punky intensity. Their star had faded with...
View ArticleMusic Scene: Jay Miller picks his favorite albums of the year
It's that time of year again, when everybody comes up with their Best of 2018 lists, and as usual we will start by advising that we don't get to hear everything that is released. Consequently, our...
View ArticleBig Something keeps on groovin'
Although they hail from Burlington, North Carolina, there is surely no moss growing on the Big Something. The independent rock/funk/jazz band is completing a year of touring, while also celebrating...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: What entertainers told us in 2018
Another year winds down, another 52 interviews with musicians made their appearances in this column. Subjects ranged from pop culture icons (Herb Alpert) to homegrown rockers (Juliana Hatfield) to...
View ArticleMusic: Juliet Simmons Dinallo finds her voice
Juliet Simmons Dinallo said she always enjoyed singing, but it took her years to find her voice as a songwriter. Now Dinallo, perhaps best known in the Boston area recently as leader of the rockabilly...
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